Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5965901 | International Journal of Cardiology | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This multicenter experience sought to investigate the feasibility and safety of BVS for the treatment of ISR. From April 2012 to June 2014, a total of 315 patients (334 lesions) underwent PCI for ISR at the participating centers. Of those, 83 patients (90 lesions) received BVS.Procedural success was achieved in all patients. At a median of 7 (IQR 3-18) months follow-up, MACCE rate was 12%, TLR 7.7%, while one (1.1%) definite BVS-in-stent thrombosis was reported.The results of this multicenter experience suggest that BVS implantation for the treatment of coronary ISR is technically feasible and associated with favorable mid-term clinical results. These data could be considered hypothesis generating for a future randomized clinical trial.
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Authors
Elisabetta Moscarella, Attilio Varricchio, Eugenio Stabile, Azeem Latib, Alfonso Ielasi, Maurizio Tespili, Bernardo Cortese, Paolo Calabrò, Francesco Granata, Vasileios F. Panoulas, Anna Franzone, Bruno Trimarco, Giulio Bonzani, Giovanni Esposito,