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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for treatment of complex chronic total occlusions
EuroIntervention, Volume 13, No. 3, Year 2017
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Description
Aims: Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) represent a novel therapeutic option for the treatment of coronary artery diseases. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of BVS implantation in complex chronic total occlusions (CTO). Methods and results: The present report is a multicentre registry evaluating results after BVS deployment in challenging CTO lesions, defined as J-CTO score ≥2 (difficult or very difficult). A total of 105 patients were included in the present analysis. The mean J-CTO score was 2.61 (difficult 52.4%, very difficult 47.6%). Device success and procedural success rates were 98.1% and 97.1%, respectively. The retrograde approach was used in 25.7% of cases. After wire crossing, predilatation was performed in all cases with a mean predilatation balloon diameter of 2.73±0.43 mm. The mean scaffold length was 59.75±25.85 mm, with post-dilatation performed in 89.5% of the cases and a mean post-dilatation balloon diameter of 3.35±0.44 mm. Post-PCI minimal lumen diameter was 2.50±0.51 mm and percentage diameter stenosis 14.53±10.31%. At six-month follow-up, a total of three events were reported: one periprocedural myocardial infarction, one late scaffold thrombosis and one additional target lesion revascularisation. Conclusions: The present report suggests the feasibility of BVS implantation in complex CTO lesions, given adequate lesion preparation and post-dilatation, with good acute angiographic results and midterm clinical outcomes. © Europa Digital & Publishing 2017. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ojeda, Soledad
Spain, Cordoba
Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba Imibic
Garbo, Roberto
Italy, Turin
Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera Molinette San Giovanni Battista Di Torino
Latib, Azeem M.
Italy, Milan
Emo Centro Cuore Columbus
la Manna, Alessio Gaetano
Italy, Catania
Università Degli Studi Di Catania
Vaquerizo, Beatriz
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau
Boukhris, Marouane
Italy, Catania
Università Degli Studi Di Catania
van Geuns, Robert Jan M.
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Erasmus Mc
Pan, Manuel
Spain, Cordoba
Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba Imibic
Boccuzzi, Giacomo Giovanni
Italy, Turin
Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera Molinette San Giovanni Battista Di Torino
Sardella, Gennaro M.
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Mancone, Massimo
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Tamburino, Corrado
Italy, Catania
Università Degli Studi Di Catania
Smits, Pieter Cornelis
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Maasstad Ziekenhuis
Di Mario, Carlo D.
United Kingdom, Royston
National Institute for Health and Care Research
Seth, Ashok
India, New Delhi
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre
Serra, Antonio
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau
Colombo, Antonio
Italy, Milan
Emo Centro Cuore Columbus
Serruys, Patrick W.
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Erasmus Mc
Galassi, Alfredo R.
Italy, Catania
Università Degli Studi Di Catania
Van Mieghem, Nicolas M.D.A.
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Erasmus Mc
Thiele, Holger
Germany, Lubeck
University Heart Center Lübeck
Statistics
Citations: 16
Authors: 21
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00253
ISSN:
1774024X
Study Design
Cohort Study