Experiences with the Absorb everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold in all comers: The St. Antonius hospital single centre registry

BackgroundData on procedural and clinical outcomes of the everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS, Abbott) in percutaneous coronary intervention in a real-world setting is limited. Early and mid-term clinical outcomes of the BVS in a real-world population were investigated in this single centre study.MethodsPatients treated with the BVS in the St. Antonius Hospital from April 2012 to February 2015 were included in a prospective single centre registry. Procedural success defined as < 20% residual restenosis and 30-day and 6-month clinical outcome were investigated. Cumulative event rates were expressed using Kaplan − Meier method.ResultsA total of 108 patients were included in the study, including patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) 18.5%, non-STEMI 22.2% and unstable angina 9.3%. In total 125 lesions were treated with the BVS, of which 48.8% B2/C type lesions including 19.2% bare metal or drugs-eluting in-stent restenosis. Procedural angiographic success was achieved in 99.2% of all patients. Clinical follow-up rate was 100% at 30-day and 87% at 6-month. The rate of cardiac death, target vessel revascularization and definite stent thrombosis was 0%, 0.9% and 0.9% at 30-day and 0.9%, 5.6% and 1.9% at 6-month. The composite end point of target lesion failure (Cardiac death, target lesion myocardial infarction MI and target lesion revascularization) was 1.9% at 30-day and 5.6% at 6-month, respectively.ConclusionsThe use of the BVS in a real-world setting demonstrated excellent procedural success and acceptable mid-term clinical outcomes. The rate of definite scaffold thrombosis was not dissimilar to other BVS registries.