DES Strut Thickness and Clinical Outcomes After CTO Recanalization: Insights From LATAM CTO Registry

Sérgio F. Câmara, Carlos M. Campos, Rodrigo D. Machado, Lucio Padilla, João Tinoco, Antonio Carlos Botelho, Ricardo Santiago, Mauro Echavarria, Felix Damas de los Santos, Marcos Danillo P. Oliveira, Anibal P. Abelin, Luiz Perez, Pedro P. de Oliveira, Marcelo H. Ribeiro, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, Alexandre Abizaid, Alexandre Quadros

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Abstract

Background: Ultra-thin strut drug-eluting stent (UTS-DES) may improve outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) but have received limited study in chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI. Aims: To compare of 1-year incidence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) between patients who underwent CTO PCI with ultrathin (≤ 75 μm) versus thin (>75 μm) strut DES in the LATAM CTO registry. Methods: Patients were considered for inclusion only if successful CTO PCI was performed and when only one type of stent strut thickness (ultrathin or thin) was used. A propensity score matching (PSM) was computed to produce similar groups in relation to clinical and procedural characteristics. Results: Between January 2015 and January 2020, 2092 patients underwent CTO PCI, of whom 1466 were included in the present analysis (475 in the ultra-thin and 991 in the thin strut DES). In unadjusted analysis the UTS-DES group had lower rate of MACE (HR: 0.63 95 % CI 0.42 to 0.94, p = 0.04) and repeat revascularizations (HR: 0.50 95 % CI 0.31 to 0.81, p = 0.02) at 1-year follow-up. After adjustment for confounding factors in a Cox regression model there was no difference in 1-year incidence of MACE between groups (HR: 1.15 95 % CI 0.41 to 2.97, p = 0.85). On PSM of 686 patients (343 in each group) the 1-year incidence of MACE (HR 0.68 95 % CI 0.37–1.23; P = 0.22) and individual components of MACE did not differ between groups. Conclusions: One-year clinical outcomes after CTO PCI were similar with ultrathin and thin strut DES.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)28-35
Number of pages8
JournalCardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume53
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Chronic total occlusion (CTO)
  • Major adverse cardiac events (MACE), ultrathin struts DES, thin struts DES
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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