title: Randomised comparison of Micro Stent I with Palmaz-Schatz stent placement for the elective treatment of short coronary stenoses.
abstract: This randomised trial compared the Micro Stent I and the Palmaz-Schatz stent for the elective treatment of short (<8 mm long), new-onset coronary stenoses. The primary endpoints were restenosis rate and minimal luminal diameter at 6 mo angiographic follow-up. The secondary endpoints were angiographic and procedural success of stenting and a composite clinical endpoint at 6 mo (death, myocardial infarction, and target site revascularisation). A total of 93 patients were randomised. Clinical and angiographic characteristics of the two groups were comparable. Angiographic success of stenting was 96% in both groups, and there were no complications so that the procedural success was also 96% in both groups. The restenosis rate was 29% for Micro Stent I and 27% for the Palmaz-Schatz stent (P = NS). The minimal luminal diameter at 6 mo was 1.75 +/- 0.72 mm in the Micro Stent I group and 1.84 +/- 0.59 in the Palmaz-Schatz group (P = NS). At 6 mo, a clinical endpoint was reached by 21% of the patients in the Micro Stent I group and by 11% in the Palmaz-Schatz group (P = NS). In conclusion, the elective treatment of short coronary stenosis with the Micro Stent I or the Palmaz-Schatz stent resulted in similar early and late outcomes. In particular, the late angiographic results were very similar.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menafoglio
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eeckhout
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Debbas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Faivre
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Petiteau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Stauffer
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Goy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome