Multiple coronary artery aneurysm formation one year and four years after sirolimus-eluting coronary stent implantation

A 61 years old male patient having the complaint of angina pectoris underwent coronary angiography that revealed critical luminal stenosis at left anterior descending artery (LAD) and diagonal branch. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was performed and sirolimus eluting stents (CYPHER; Johnson & Johnson – Cordis) 2.75 ×10 mm and 2.75×10 mm were deployed respectively. One year after the procedure coronary angiography revealed coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) formation in diagonal branch and mild ectasia in LAD stent area. Last coronary angiography four years and three months after initial intervention showed multiple CAA at diagonal branch and LAD. This case report is an example of late formation of CAA by sirolimus-coated coronary stent.     

Medial necrosis due to sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in human coronary artery

We report an autopsy case showing medial necrosis at the segment of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation. These findings indicate that cytotoxic effects of sirolimus can induce late-acquired incomplete stent apposition and/or aneurysmal changes after stenting in human coronary arteries.     

Treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease with sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: immediate and mid-term results

OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated clinical outcome after multivessel stenting with sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) in unselected lesions. BACKGROUND: Safety and effectiveness of multivessel SES implantation is currently unknown. METHODS: Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) (death, myocardial infarction [MI], and repeat revascularization) were analyzed at 30 days and at 6 months after multivessel SES implantation. RESULTS: In 155 consecutive patients, 573 SES were implanted in 3.3 +/- 1.3 lesions per patient. At 30 days, the cumulative MACE rate was 10.3%: 7.1% patients developed a non-Q-wave MI, 1.9% developed a Q-wave MI, 0.6% died for non-cardiac reasons, and 0.6% had a repeat revascularization. Clinical follow-up was obtained in all 112 eligible patients treated for 359 lesions at a mean time of 6.5 +/- 2.2 months. The cumulative MACE rate was 22.3%: 3 (2.7%) deaths (1 for cardiac reasons), 4 (3.6%) MIs, target lesion revascularization (TLR) in 16 (14.3%) patients with 24 (6.7%) lesions. Target vessel revascularization was required in 18 (16.1%) patients due to TLR of lesions treated with SES or to disease progression (1.8% of patients). Cox regression analysis revealed total stent length per patient as the most powerful independent predictor of MACE. Overall stent thrombosis occurred in three (1.9%) patients. CONCLUSIONS: Multivessel SES implantation can be safely performed on patients with complex coronary artery disease. The need for revascularization increases because of the cumulative effect of TLR on patients with multiple lesions.     

Effectiveness of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for the treatment of coronary artery disease in octogenarians

Sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation has been shown to reduce repeat revascularization in various randomized trials. The present study evaluated the outcomes after SES implantation in 46 octogenarian patients. SES implantation in octogenarians appears to be feasible and is associated with very small subsequent need for repeat target vessel revascularization at 1 year.     

雷帕霉素洗脱支架冠状动脉造影随访结果分析

目的通过对接受雷帕霉素洗脱支架(sirolimus-eluting stent,SES)治疗的冠心病患者冠状动脉造影随访,观察其临床实际应用的效果。方法339例患者接受治疗,所有患者均接受了临床随访,165例患者于置入术后6~12个月行冠状动脉造影复查。结果冠状动脉造影随访时,支架近端边缘晚期管腔丢失显著高于支架内及支架远端边缘(0.17 mmvs0.08 mmvs0.09 mm),再狭窄率为9.7%,再血管化率4.84%,再狭窄以局限性狭窄为主。在339例患者中,有4例患者于支架置入后5天~4个月发生猝死。猝死发生率为1.18%。1例于支架置入后14天发生支架内亚急性血栓形成,发生率0.50%。晚期血栓形成1例(术后12个月),主要心血管不良事件为1.70%。结论对复杂的冠状动脉病变SES有较好的疗效,能显著降低支架后再狭窄,减少靶血管的再血管化率。     

Selective versus exclusive use of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in multivessel coronary artery disease.

Sirolimus-eluting stents (SESs; Cypher) have demonstrated a significant reduction in restenosis rates when compared to bare metal stents (BMSs). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the strategy of exclusive use of two SESs versus the combination of one BMS and one SES for two-vessel coronary artery disease (CAD). It was found that the selective use of one SES combined with one BMS in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention that requires more than one stent is safe, feasible, and associated with favorable procedural, 30-day, and 6-month clinical outcomes when compared to the exclusive use of SESs.     

Stent-related cardiac events beyond three years after implantation of the sirolimus-eluting stent (from the EVASTENT Patients)

The frequency of very late stent thrombosis (VLST) up to 3 years after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation is 0.5% to 0.6%/year but incertitude remains about the frequency of VLAST after 3 years. Diabetic (db+) and nondiabetic (db-) patients with or without multiple diseased vessels included in the EVASTENT matched-cohort registry were followed up to 6 years after stent implantation. Long-term follow-up was obtained for 1,564 of the 1,731 included patients. All-cause deaths (including cancer and complications of diabetes) occurred at steady rates of 2.5%/year up to 3 years and 1.2%/year after 3 years (difference not significant). In contrast, VLST (any Academic Research Consortium definition) was only 0.18%/year (95% confidence interval 0.08 to 0.39) after 3 years versus 0.63%/year (confidence interval 0.41 to 0.98) from 1 year to 3 years (p = 0.03). Target lesion revascularization rates were also lower after 3 years than before 3 years (1.9% vs 7%, p ≤ 0.01) with 66% of revascularization procedures after 3 years being for nontarget lesions. Six-year all-cause death and cardiac death cumulative rates were higher in db+ than in db- patients. However, after 3 years compared to before 3 years, no differences between db+ and db- patients were observed for target lesion revascularization and ST rates. It is noteworthy that 51% of patients continued to be on clopidogrel therapy nearly 6 years after receiving ≥ 1 sirolimus-eluting stent. In conclusion, all-cause deaths continued at a steady rate over 6 years. However, cardiac deaths and "very" VLST leveled out beyond 3 years.     

高龄老年冠心病合并糖尿病患者雷帕霉素洗脱支架置入术后5年随访研究

目的探讨糖尿病与非糖尿病高龄老年冠心病冠状动脉置入雷帕霉素洗脱支架（SES）远期疗效的差异。方法纳入2004年1月～2007年12月高龄老年冠心病合并糖尿病患者64例作为糖尿病组,纳入同期不合并糖尿病的高龄老年冠心病患者60例作为对照组,所有患者均行PCI术置入SES支架。随访5年,比较两组的治疗效果和主要心脑血管不良事件（MACCE,包括非心源性死亡、心源性死亡、卒中、心绞痛复发、非致死性心肌梗死和再次血运重建）发生率。结果两组5年随访率均为100%,糖尿病组MACCE发生率（57.8%,37/64）高于对照组（30.0%,18/60）,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。与对照组相比,糖尿病组非心源性死亡率及再次血运重建的发生率更高（分别为：7.80% vs.1.67%,15.6% vs.8.33%,P均＜0.05）。两组心源性死亡发生率、心绞痛复发率、非致死性心肌梗死、卒中的发生率均无统计学差异（P＞0.05）。结论高龄老年冠心病患者合并糖尿病不增加PCI术后心源性死亡率,但会增加再次血运重建的发生率。     

Late catch-up phenomenon associated with stent fracture after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: incidence and outcome

Objective: To examine the long‐term outcome of the stent fracture (SF) and the potential predictive factors contributing to in‐stent restenosis (ISR) in the fractured stent. Background: The SF is thought to be a higher risk of ISR in drug‐eluting stent, although SF does not always develop ISR. Methods: The consecutive 1,228 de novo lesions in 1,079 patients who underwent sirolimus‐eluting stents implantation and assessed by 8 months follow‐up coronary angiography were retrospectively analyzed. Results: One hundred and seventeen SFs (9.5%) were identified in 100 patients and 22 (18.8%) SFs revealed ISR at the first follow‐up. In addition, 16 (13.7%) developed new ISRs from 95 residual SFs without ISR prior to the second follow‐up. Overall, 38 (32.5%) of all 117 SFs developed ISR, and 16 (42.1%) of 38 SFs occurred in a late phase beyond the first 8 months follow‐up. A higher risk of ISR in the SF site was associated with the chronic total occlusion (ISR vs. no ISR: 34.2% vs. 16.5%, P = 0.0304), calcified lesions (55.3% vs. 34.2%, P = 0.0299), and correspondence 89.5% versus 43.0%, P < 0.0001 (SF site occurring at the original target lesion site) in the univariate analysis. The correspondence was identified as the only strong predictive factor for ISR at the SF site according to a multivariate logistic regression analysis (odds ratio 12.6, 95% confidence interval 3.82–53.5, P < 0.0001). Conclusions: SF occurring at the site of the original target lesion was a strong independent predictor of ISR. This indicates the need for a careful, long‐term follow‐up in those situations, even when no significant ISR is initially detected. (J Interven Cardiol 2011;24:165–171)     

Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation aggravates endothelial vasomotor dysfunction in the infarct-related coronary artery in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation may affect endothelial vasomotor dysfunction in resistance and epicardial infarct-related coronary arteries in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). BACKGROUND: Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion causes endothelial injury entirely in the vasculature of the infarct-related coronary artery. Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation inhibits re-endothelialization at the site of stenting. METHODS: This study included 29 patients with a first AMI due to occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and successful reperfusion therapy using a SES (n = 13) or bare-metal stent (BMS) (n = 16). The diameter of the epicardial segment distal to the site of SES deployment and coronary blood flow in the LAD in response to an intracoronary infusion of acetylcholine were measured at 2 weeks after AMI. Levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were measured by enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay in plasma obtained from the aortic root (AO) and the anterior interventricular vein (AIV) in all patients. RESULTS: The epicardial coronary artery was more severely constricted in response to acetylcholine in the SES than in the BMS group. The increase in coronary blood flow in response to acetylcholine was lower in the SES than in the BMS group. Vascular endothelial growth factor levels in the AIV were significantly lower than in the AO in the SES group but not in the BMS group. CONCLUSIONS: During the course of AMI, SES implantation adversely affects endothelium-dependent vasomotor function in resistance and epicardial coronary arteries after the ischemia-reperfusion in association with a reduction in myocardial VEGF secretion.     

Mycotic aneurysm of left anterior descending artery after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: a case report.

We report a case of mycotic aneurysms due to Staphylococcus aureus infection in the left anterior descending coronary artery in a 56-year-old male after implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent. This is an unreported complication of a drug-eluting stent.     

单中心颈动脉狭窄患者支架植入术的远期疗效

目的探讨颈动脉狭窄患者行支架植入术的安全性及近、远期疗效。方法回顾性分析2005年1月至2010年12月在沈阳军区总医院住院的48例颈动脉狭窄患者,在远端脑保护装置下植入颈动脉支架,观察其围术期并发症及临床疗效。结果48例颈动脉狭窄患者,年龄（66±6.8）岁,男41例（85.4%,41/48）,靶病变1处/例,病变长度（22.5±10.3）mm,狭窄程度88.5%±9.9%。手术成功率100%,植入颈动脉自膨式支架1枚/例,使用远端滤网保护装置1个/例,支架直径（7.3±2.4）mm,长度（36.0±5.5）mm,术后即刻残余狭窄程度5.6%±4.5%。术中11例（22.9%,11/48）出现心率减慢,于术中给予1 mg阿托品静脉注射,心率恢复至正常范围。2例（4.2%,2/48）出现一侧肢体活动障碍,经治疗24 h后好转,术后无严重并发症发生。随访（36.2±15.5）个月,随访率93.8%（45/48）,2例（4.4%,2/48）患者死亡,其中1例死于肺癌,1例死于缺血性脑卒中,4例（8.9%,4/48）患者仍有头晕发作,3例（6.7%,3/48）偶有肢体麻木,无严重脑缺血发作,无脑梗死、脑出血发生。术后6～12个月复查增强计算机断层扫描：无颈动脉、椎动脉及肾动脉支架内再狭窄。结论在远端脑保护装置下行颈动脉支架植入术是治疗颈动脉狭窄安全有效的手段,手术成功率高,长期临床随访患者仍能从中获益。     

冠心病多支病变支架植入与冠脉旁路移植术疗效的比较

目的：比较老年冠心病多支冠状动脉病变患者的雷帕霉素洗脱支架植入与冠状动脉旁路移植术近期与中期的疗效。方法：回顾性人选2001年12月至2005年12月，行择期血运重建的多支冠状动脉病变患者，分为冠状动脉旁路移植术组（CABG组，n=310），雷帕霉．素洗脱支架植入组（SES组，n=257）。随访包括死亡、心肌梗塞（MI）、卒中和再次血运重建的主要不良心脑血管事件（MACCE）。采用Kaplan-Meier方法估计无事件生存率。采用Logistic多元回归方法调整分析治疗对终点事件的相对影响。结果：随访率96．4％。中位随访时间24个月。随访30d，CABG组MACCE的发生率高于SES组（5．8％：1.5％，P〈0．05），CABG组的死亡率高于SES组（4．7％：1．4％，P〈0．05）。至随访结束，CABG组累积死亡率仍高于SES组（6．6％：2．9％，P〈0．05），但再次血运重建率低于SES组（1.6％：8．6％，P〈0．05），MACCE两组间无差异。结论：多支冠状动脉病变患者冠状动脉旁路移植术的死亡率高于雷帕霉素洗脱支架植入，中期血运重建率低于雷帕霉素洗脱支架植入。     

药物洗脱支架术后冠状动脉瘤样扩张伴极晚期(近5年)支架内血栓形成一例

1 病例资料 患者男性,63岁,2006年5月因胸痛于我院行冠状动脉造影示：左前降支近段至中段弥漫狭窄,最狭窄处达90%,回旋支、右冠状动脉无明显狭窄.于前降支近段至中段串联置入Cypher 3.5×18.0 mm支架（14 atm×10 s扩张释放）及Cypher 3.5×33.0 mm支架（16 atm×10 s扩张释放）各1枚.     

Effectiveness of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for the treatment of ostial left anterior descending artery stenosis with intravascular ultrasound guidance

OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to evaluate the clinical and angiographic outcomes of sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation for ostial left anterior descending (LAD) lesions compared with bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation. BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of SES implantation for ostial LAD lesions is currently unknown. METHODS: Sirolimus-eluting stents were implanted in 68 consecutive patients with ostial LAD stenoses. The control group was composed of 77 patients treated with BMS during the preceding two years. In the SES group, for complete lesion coverage, stent positioning was intentionally extended into the distal left main coronary artery (LMCA) in 23 patients (34%) with intermediate LMCA narrowing. RESULTS: Compared with the BMS group, the SES group had more multivessel involvement, received fewer debulking atherectomies, underwent more direct stenting, had a greater number of stents, and had more segments stented. The procedural success rate was 100% in both groups. The six-month angiographic restenosis rate was significantly lower in the SES group than in the BMS group (5.1% vs. 32.3%, p < 0.001). During the one-year follow-up period, neither death nor myocardial infarction occurred in either group, but target lesion revascularization was less frequent in the SES group than in the BMS group (0% vs. 17%, p < 0.001). In the SES group, there were no restenoses in cases with LMCA coverage, compared with three restenoses (7.9%) in cases with precise stent positioning (p = NS). CONCLUSIONS: Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in ostial LAD lesions achieved excellent results regarding restenosis and clinical outcomes compared with BMS implantation. This finding may be associated with reduced neointimal hyperplasia and complete lesion coverage.     

Local persistent hypercoagulability after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in patients with stable angina

Background

Late stent thrombosis (LST) after sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation has been demonstrated previously. Although incomplete neointimal coverage after SES implantation has been reported, local long-term hypercoagulability remains unknown.

Methods

We evaluated the local persistent coagulative response in eighty-three consecutive patients with stable angina, treated with either SES (n = 51) or BMS (n = 32) implantation for isolated de novo left anterior descending (LAD) stenosis. We measured prothrombin fragment F1 + 2 (frF1 + 2) and D-dimer levels sampled in the coronary sinus (CS) and sinus of Valsalva (V). The transcardiac gradient (Δ) was defined as the CS level minus V level.

Results

The ΔfrF1 + 2 and ΔD-dimer were significantly greater in the SES group than in the BMS group (0.50 ± 0.35 vs −0.14 ± 0.15 nmol/l, p = 0.009 and 0.24 ± 0.21 vs −0.05 ± 0.16 μg/ml, p = 0.041, respectively). We selected the hypocoagulative [ΔfrF1 + 2 < 0.15 (mean value − SD) nmol/l, n = 21] and hypercoagulative [ΔfrF1 + 2 > 0.85 (mean value + SD) nmol/l, n = 14] groups out of the SES patients. Multivariate analysis was performed to identify independent predictors of local hypercoagulability. Total SES length was the only independent predictor of local hypercoagulability. There was a significant positive correlation between the ΔfrF1 + 2 and total stent length in the SES group (r = 0.57, p < 0.05).

Conclusions

An increased local coagulative response was observed in the convalescent phase after SES implantation as compared to BMS. Careful long-term follow-up of patients after longer SES implantation is recommended in order to avoid LST.