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Serial 5-Year Evaluation of Side Branches Jailed by Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Using 3-Dimensional Optical Coherence Tomography: Insights From the ABSORB Cohort B Trial (A Clinical Evaluation of the Bioabsorbable Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in the Treatment of Patients With De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions)

  • Yoshinobu Onuma
  • , Maik J Grundeken
  • , Shimpei Nakatani
  • , Taku Asano
  • , Yohei Sotomi
  • , Nicolas Foin
  • , Jaryl Ng
  • , Takayuki Okamura
  • , Joanna J Wykrzykowska
  • , Robbert J de Winter
  • , Robert-Jan van Geuns
  • , Jacques Koolen
  • , Evald H Christiansen
  • , Robert Whitbourn
  • , Dougal McClean
  • , Pieter Smits
  • , Stephan Windecker
  • , John A Ormiston
  • , Patrick W Serruys
  • University of Amsterdam
  • From the Thoraxcenter
  • Erasmus MC
  • Rotterdam
  • the Netherlands (Y.O.
  • R.-J.v.G.)
  • Cardialysis BV
  • the Netherlands (Y.O.)
  • Academic Medical Center
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Cardialysis BV, Netherlands
  • National Heart Centre Singapore
  • National University of Singapore
  • Yamaguchi University
  • Catharina Hospital
  • Aarhus University
  • St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
  • Christchurch Hospital New Zealand
  • Division of Cardiology, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • University of Bern
  • Auckland City Hospital
  • International Center for Circulatory Health NHLI, 3000 Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The long-term fate of Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA) struts jailing side branch ostia has not been clarified. We therefore evaluate serially (post-procedure and at 6 months, 1, 2, 3, and 5 years) the appearance and fate of jailed Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold struts.

METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed 3-dimensional optical coherence tomographic analysis of the ABSORB Cohort B trial (A Clinical Evaluation of the Bioabsorbable Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in the Treatment of Patients With De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions) up to 5 years using a novel, validated cut-plane analysis method. We included 29 patients with a total of 85 side branch ostia. From the 12 ostia which could be assessed in true serial fashion, 7 showed a pattern of initial decrease in the ostial area free from struts, followed by an increase in strut-free ostial area toward the end of the 5 years of follow-up. In a repeated-measures analysis with time as fixed variable and ostial area free from struts as dependent variable, we showed a numeric decrease in the estimated ostial area free from struts from 0.75 mm2 (baseline) to 0.68 mm2 (first follow-up visit at 6 months or 1 year) and 0.63 mm2 (second follow-up visit at 2 or 3 years). However, from the second visit to the 5-year follow-up visit, there was a statistically significant increase from 0.63 to 0.89 mm2 (P=0.001). Struts overlying an ostium divided the ostium into compartments, and the number of these compartments decreased over time.

CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that in most cases, the side branch ostial area free from struts initially decreased. However, with full scaffold bioresorption, the ostial area free from scaffold increased between 2 to 3 years and 5 years in the vast majority of patients.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00856856.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere004393
JournalCirculation. Cardiovascular interventions
Volume10
Issue number9
Early online date2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2017

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Absorbable Implants
  • Cardiovascular Agents/administration & dosage
  • Coronary Artery Disease/diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessels/diagnostic imaging
  • Drug-Eluting Stents
  • Everolimus/administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/adverse effects
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Treatment Outcome

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