Safety and efficacy of polymer-free biolimus-eluting stents versus ultrathin stents in unprotected left main or coronary bifurcation: A propensity score analysis from the RAIN and CHANCE registries

Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Luca Gaido, Alessandro Bernardi, Andrea Saglietto, Alfonso Franzé, Alfonso Ielasi, Daniela Trabattoni, Maurizio Di Biasi, Vincenzo Infantino, Andrea Rognoni, Gerard Helft, Andrea Gangor, Roberto A. Latini, Leonardo De Luca, Satoru Mitomo, Fabrizio Ugo, Grzegorz Smolka, Zenon Huczek, Bernardo Cortese, Davide CapodannoAlaide Chieffo, Fabio Piazza, Carlo di Mario, Arnaldo Poli, Maurizio D'Urbano, Francesco Romeo, Massimo Giammaria, Ferdinando Varbella, Imad Sheiban, Javier Escaned, Gaetano M. De Ferrari

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Abstract

Objectives: Evaluate safety and efficacy of polymer-free biolimus-eluting stents (PF-BESs) versus ultrathin stents in unprotected left main (ULM) or bifurcation. Background: PF-BESs due to reduced length of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) are increasingly used. However, there are limited data about safety and efficacy for ULM or bifurcation. Methods: We selected all-patients treated for ULM or bifurcation from two multicenter real life registries (RAIN [NCT03544294] evaluating ultrathin stents, CHANCE [NCT03622203] appraising PF-BES). After propensity score with matching, the primary endpoint was major adverse cardiac events (MACE; a composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, target lesion revascularization [TLR], and stent thrombosis [ST]), while its components along with target vessel revascularization (TVR) secondary endpoints. Results: Three thousand and three patients treated with ultrathin stents and 446 with PF-BESs, resulting respectively in 562 and 281 after propensity score with matching (33 and 22%, respectively, with ULM disease). After 12 (8–20) months, rates of MACE were similar (9 vs. 8%, p = 0.56) without difference in TLR and ST (3.0 vs. 1.7%, p =.19 and 1.8 vs. 1.1%, p =.42). These results were consistent for ULM group (3 vs. 1.7% and 1.8 vs. 1.1%, p =.49 and.76), for non-ULM group (2.1 vs. 3.4%, p =.56 and 1.2 vs. 1.7%, p =.78) and for two-stent strategy (8.7 vs. 4.5% and 4.3 vs. 3.2%, p =.75 and.91). Among patients treated with 1 month of DAPT in both groups, those with ultrathin stents experienced higher rates of MACE related to all-cause death (22 vs. 12%, p =.04) with higher although not significant rates of ST (3 vs. 0%, p =.45). Conclusions: PF-BES implanted on ULM or BiF offered freedom from TLR and ST comparable to ultrathin stents. PF-BESs patients assuming DAPT for 1 month experienced a lower despite not significant incidence of ST.

Original languageEnglish
JournalCatheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
DOIs
Publication statusAccepted/In press - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

  • coronary artery disease
  • drug eluting stent
  • percutaneous coronary intervention
  • percutaneous coronary intervention complex
  • stent restenosis
  • stent thrombosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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