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First serial optical coherence tomography assessment at baseline, 12 and 24 months in STEMI patients treated with the second-generation Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold.
EuroIntervention 2018 April 7
AIMS: The aim of the study was to assess the vascular healing response after Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) implantation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) utilising truly serial optical coherence tomography (OCT) examination at baseline, 12 and 24 months.
METHODS AND RESULTS: This was a single-centre, prospective, longitudinal study with baseline, 12- and 24-month OCT evaluation of 18 STEMI patients treated with 22 Absorb BVS. The healing pattern was evaluated based upon lumen area, neointimal hyperplasia, strut coverage and apposition. The lumen area decreased at 12 months compared to baseline (8.52±1.69 mm² vs. 7.0±1.70 mm², p<0.01), but it did not change from that point onwards up to 24 months (7.0±1.70 mm² vs. 6.94±1.65 mm², p=0.92). At 12 months after the index procedure, the mean neointimal thickness was 217±69 μm and further neointimal hyperplasia was observed between 12 and 24 months though less pronounced (Δ62±44 μm, p<0.0001). Full circumferential coverage of the vessel wall by neointima was observed in 92% of frames at 24 months. The low number of malapposed struts at the index procedure (<5%) further decreased over the observation period and was found in only one patient at 12 and 24 months. The ratio of uncovered struts was low at both 12 and 24 months.
CONCLUSIONS: This serial OCT analysis of the second-generation everolimus-eluting BVS in a STEMI population confirmed a favourable healing pattern as expressed by moderate neointimal growth, preserved lumen area and no late acquired malapposition.
METHODS AND RESULTS: This was a single-centre, prospective, longitudinal study with baseline, 12- and 24-month OCT evaluation of 18 STEMI patients treated with 22 Absorb BVS. The healing pattern was evaluated based upon lumen area, neointimal hyperplasia, strut coverage and apposition. The lumen area decreased at 12 months compared to baseline (8.52±1.69 mm² vs. 7.0±1.70 mm², p<0.01), but it did not change from that point onwards up to 24 months (7.0±1.70 mm² vs. 6.94±1.65 mm², p=0.92). At 12 months after the index procedure, the mean neointimal thickness was 217±69 μm and further neointimal hyperplasia was observed between 12 and 24 months though less pronounced (Δ62±44 μm, p<0.0001). Full circumferential coverage of the vessel wall by neointima was observed in 92% of frames at 24 months. The low number of malapposed struts at the index procedure (<5%) further decreased over the observation period and was found in only one patient at 12 and 24 months. The ratio of uncovered struts was low at both 12 and 24 months.
CONCLUSIONS: This serial OCT analysis of the second-generation everolimus-eluting BVS in a STEMI population confirmed a favourable healing pattern as expressed by moderate neointimal growth, preserved lumen area and no late acquired malapposition.
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