Abstract
Objectives: This study sought to investigate the long-term clinical effects of stent generation and stent strategy for left main coronary artery (LMCA) bifurcation lesion treatment. Background: Limited data are available to assess long-term clinical outcomes after stenting, including use of current-generation drug-eluting stent (C-DES) for treatment of LMCA bifurcation lesions. Methods: A total of 1,353 patients who were recorded in 2 multicenter real-world registries were treated by either early-generation drug-eluting stent (E-DES) (n = 889) or C-DES (n = 464). Primary endpoint was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). MACE was defined as a composite of cardiac death or myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis, and target lesion revascularization rates during 3-year follow-up. The authors further performed propensity-score adjustment for clinical outcomes. Results: During 3-year follow-up, the overall MACE rate was 8.7%. Use of a 1-stent strategy resulted in better clinical outcomes than use of a 2-stent strategy (4.7% vs. 18.6%, hazard ratio [HR]: 3.71; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.55 to 5.39; p < 0.001). Use of C-DES resulted in a lower MACE rate compared with using E-DES (4.6% vs. 10.9%, HR: 0.55; 95% CI: 0.34 to 0.89; p = 0.014), especially for the 2-stent strategy. For patients with C-DES, the presence of chronic kidney disease and pre-intervention side branch diameter stenosis ≥50% were significant independent predictors of MACE. Conclusions: Intervention of LMCA bifurcation lesions using DES implantation demonstrated acceptable long-term clinical outcomes, especially in C-DES patients. Use of a 1-stent strategy resulted in better clinical benefits than using a 2-stent strategy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1247-1258 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Jul 9 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The KOMATE registry is based on real clinical practice, and regulatory authorities require only written informed consent for coronary intervention studies. Written informed consent was obtained from every patient. The COBIS II registry was funded by the Korean Society of Interventional Cardiology. Local institutional review board at each hospital has approved the study protocol and waived the requirement for informed consent for access to each institution’s PCI registry.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American College of Cardiology Foundation
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine