title: Short- and long-term outcomes of Wiktor stent implantation at low versus high pressures. Austrian Wiktor Stent Study Group.
abstract: A prospective, randomized, multicenter trial was conducted to evaluate whether high-pressure postdilation of the Wiktor stent provides short- and long-term benefits compared with the conventional low-pressure implantation technique. From June 1995 through May 1996, 181 patients were randomly assigned to either low-pressure (6 to 12 atm, group A, n = 94) Wiktor stent placement or to high-pressure postdilation (> or = 13 atm, group B, n = 87) after stent deployment. All patients were followed up clinically for 7 +/- 3 months, with an angiographic follow-up in 154 patients (85%). After stent implantation, neither minimal lumen diameter (MLD) nor percent diameter stenosis (%DS) differed significantly between the 2 groups (MLD, 2.8 +/- 0.5 vs 2.9 +/- 0.5 mm; %DS, 17 +/- 8% vs 16 +/- 9% for groups A and B, respectively). However, a trend toward a larger mean lumen diameter within the stent was observed in group B (3.3 +/- 0.6 vs 3.5 +/- 0.5 mm for groups A and B, respectively; difference between means 0.14 mm, 95% confidence interval -0.01 to 0.29, p = 0.08). Angiographic follow-up revealed similar MLD and %DS in both treatment groups (MLD, 2.1 +/- 0.7 vs 2.2 +/- 0.8 mm; %DS, 31 +/- 17% vs 30 +/- 24% for groups A and B, respectively, p = NS). Acute stent thrombosis occurred in 2 patients (1%) (1 patient in each group), and subacute thrombosis in 1 patient (0.6%) in group A. There was 1 death in group A, and target lesion restenosis (> or = 50% DS) was observed in 15% of patients with no differences between the groups. In conclusion, this study demonstrated favorable short- and long-term results of Wiktor stent implantation. Despite a trend toward additional initial lumen gain by high-pressure postdilation, this did not translate into a measurable improvement in long-term outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Vienna, Austria.
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mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome