Five-year clinical outcomes using the bioresorbable vascular scaffold: Insights from the FRANCE ABSORB registry

Central illustration: cumulative major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) thrombosis rates after 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years.

     

载药微球经导管动脉化疗栓塞治疗肝细胞癌研究进展

载药微球经导管动脉化疗栓塞(DEB-TACE)利用微球在靶病灶内释放化学治疗(简称化疗)药物,使靶肿瘤内药物浓度更高,而全身化疗药物浓度及不良反应降低;且微球可较完全栓塞肿瘤毛细血管网,闭塞肿瘤邻近血管,致癌细胞缺血、缺氧而坏死。本文对DEB-TACE治疗肝细胞癌(HCC)研究进展进行综述。     

紫杉醇药物涂层支架治疗左前降支病变临床研究

目的：探讨紫杉醇药物涂层支架（PES）治疗冠状动脉左前降支（LAD）病变的即刻疗效及预后。方法：2003年2月～2005年3月在本院造影证实连续LAD单支病变患者94例,共107处病变,按常规行经皮冠状动脉成形术加支架置入术,分析患者临床、X线影像学特征及手术成功率,并行随访。结果：94例患者中,29例置入PES,65例置入金属裸支架（BMS）,手术成功率100％。病变弥漫性30例（31．9％）,位于近段52例（55．3％）,中段12例（12．8％）。全部患者均完成术后6个月的随访并行造影复查。PES组术后6个月时造影复查2例（6,9％）发生再狭窄;BMS组1例1个月内因急性前壁心梗死亡,6个月时造影复查21例（32．3％）发生再狭窄。结论：PES置入治疗冠状动脉LAD病变安全有效,术后心源性猝死及非Q波性心肌梗死发生率与置入BMS者相似,支架内再狭窄发生率明显降低,因再狭窄需冠脉搭桥率也显著降低,术后6个月再狭窄率与文献报道冠脉搭桥术相近。     

慢性肾功能不全对冠状动脉药物洗脱支架术预后的影响

目的研究合并慢性肾功能不全冠心病患者植入冠状动脉(冠脉)内药物洗脱支架的预后。方法连续463例接受冠脉内药物洗脱支架术治疗的患者中,175例合并慢性肾功能不全,288例肾功能正常(对照组)。记录患者一般临床资料、冠脉造影和支架术情况,分析随访期心脏事件、心绞痛发生率和心源性死亡率。结果平均随访(12.4±4.7)月后,肾功能不全组与对照组的心脏事件发生率(4.6%vs3.1%,P=0.422)和心绞痛复发率(6.3%vs8.3%,P=0.419)无明显差异,但肾功能不全组的心源性死亡率显著高于对照组(2.9%vs0.4%,P=0.031)。结论慢性肾功能不全是增加冠脉支架术后死亡率的独立危险因素。     

莪术组分涂层支架预防猪冠状动脉再狭窄的研究

目的通过中华实验用小型猪冠状动脉再狭窄模型,观察中药莪术组分涂层支架抑制内膜增殖的有效性。方法将18只小型猪随机分为莪术组分涂层支架组(ZES组)、雷帕霉素涂层支架组(SES组)及金属裸支架组(BMS组),每组6只,分别在左前降支、左回旋支及右冠状动脉置入同一种支架各1枚。术后30 d冠状动脉造影后将猪处死,观察支架血管段的病理形态及影像学变化。结果 30 d时,与BMS组比较,ZES组和SES组平均管腔直径和平均管腔面积均明显增大(P<0.05),直径狭窄率和面积狭窄率明显减小(P<0.05);与SES组比较,ZES组和BMS组炎症积分明显降低,内皮化积分明显升高(P<0.05);3组损伤积分比较,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);光学相干断层扫描及扫描电镜观察,SES支架组30 d时可见部分支架节段内皮化不全及炎性细胞浸润。结论 ZES支架可有效地抑制血管内膜增殖,具有良好的生物相容性。     

Comparison of Drug-Eluting Embolics versus Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization for the Treatment of Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

PurposeTo compare the cost-effectiveness of using doxorubicin-loaded drug-eluting embolic (DEE) transarterial chemoembolization versus that of using conventional transarterial chemoembolization for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Materials and MethodsA decision-analysis model was constructed over the lifespan of a payer’s perspective. The model simulated the clinical course, including periprocedural complications, additional transarterial chemoembolization or other treatments (ablation, radioembolization, or systemic treatment), palliative care, and death, of patients with unresectable HCC. All clinical parameters were derived from the literature. Base case calculations, probabilistic sensitivity analyses, and multiple two-way sensitivity analyses were performed.ResultsIn the base case calculations for patients with a median age of 67 years (range for conventional transarterial chemoembolization: 28–88 years, range for DEE-transarterial chemoembolization: 16–93 years), conventional transarterial chemoembolization yielded a health benefit of 2.11 quality-adjusted life years (QALY) at a cost of $125,324, whereas DEE-transarterial chemoembolization yielded 1.71 QALY for $144,816. In 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations, conventional transarterial chemoembolization continued to be a more cost-effective strategy. conventional transarterial chemoembolization was cost-effective when the complication risks for both the procedures were simultaneously varied from 0% to 30%. DEE-transarterial chemoembolization became cost-effective if the conventional transarterial chemoembolization mortality exceeded that of DEE-transarterial chemoembolization by 17% in absolute values. The two-way sensitivity analyses demonstrated that conventional transarterial chemoembolization was cost-effective until the risk of disease progression was >0.4% of that for DEE-transarterial chemoembolization in absolute values. Our analysis showed that DEE-transarterial chemoembolization would be more cost-effective if it offered >2.5% higher overall survival benefit than conventional transarterial chemoembolization in absolute values.ConclusionsCompared with DEE-transarterial chemoembolization, conventional transarterial chemoembolization yielded a higher number of QALY at a lower cost, making it the more cost-effective of the 2 modalities.