Abstract | AIMS: We sought to determine the impact of post-dilation (PD) on clinical outcomes in a large cohort of patients treated only with the Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS). METHODS AND RESULTS: We evaluated all consecutive patients enrolled in the multicentre, single-arm ABSORB EXTEND study up to June 2013. The study allowed treatment of up to two coronaries (diameter 2.0 to 3.8 mm) and the use of overlapping (lesion length ≤28 mm). Patients with severe lesion calcification/tortuosity were excluded. Aggressive lesion predilation (balloon to artery ratio of 0.9-1.0) was mandatory, and PD was left to the operator's discretion. Patients were grouped according to whether PD was performed or not, and the one-year incidences of MACE and scaffold thrombosis were compared. A total of 768 patients were enrolled in the study; PD was performed in 526 (68.4%). There were no significant differences between the PD group and non-PD group in the majority of baseline characteristics, including the presence of moderate calcification and of B2/C lesions. Lesion length was similar (12.3±5.1 mm vs. 12.1±5.3 mm, p=0.6), as was RVD (2.6 mm for both groups, p=0.2). Residual in-scaffold stenosis (15.5±6.4% with PD, 15.0±6% without PD, p=0.3) and the need for bail-out scaffold/ stent (4.2% with PD, 4.6% without PD, p=0.8) were comparable. Acute gain was higher in the non-PD group (1.14±0.3 mm vs. 1.21±0.4 mm, p=0.02). Clinical device success was 98.9% in both groups. At one year, there was no difference in MACE (5.4% in the PD group vs. 2.5% in the non-PD group, p=0.1). All individual components of TLR, death, and MI were similar as well as definite/probable scaffold thrombosis between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: These results reflect very similar final angiographic and clinical results achieved with or without post-dilation in the treatment of low to moderately complex coronary lesions. Therefore, post-dilation should be performed whenever needed to optimise acute results.
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Authors | José De Ribamar Costa Jr, Alexandre Abizaid, Antonio L Bartorelli, Robert Whitbourn, Robert Jan van Geuns, Bernard Chevalier, Marcos Perin, Ashok Seth, Roberto Botelho, Patrick W Serruys, ABSORB EXTEND Investigators |
Journal | EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology
(EuroIntervention)
Vol. 11
Issue 2
Pg. 141-8
(Jun 2015)
ISSN: 1969-6213 [Electronic] France |
PMID | 25982921
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Absorbable Implants
(adverse effects)
- Aged
- Cardiovascular Agents
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Cohort Studies
- Coronary Angiography
(methods)
- Coronary Artery Disease
(therapy)
- Drug-Eluting Stents
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Treatment Outcome
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