title: Predictors of clinical outcome following percutaneous intervention for in-stent restenosis.
abstract: Percutaneous intervention for the first episode of in-stent restenosis was performed in 177 patients 5.4 +/- 0.3 months after native coronary stent implantation. Medical records were reviewed and patients contacted 13.3 +/- 1.2 months after in-stent intervention to ascertain the subsequent clinical course. The effects of demographic, procedural, and angiographic variables on clinical outcomes were determined. At 2 years, Kaplan-Meier estimated survival was 93 +/- 3% and freedom from death, myocardial infarction, and a third target artery revascularization (TAR) was 67 +/- 4%. The actuarial frequency of a third TAR was 26 +/- 4% at 1 year. Stratification of outcomes according to timing of in-stent intervention revealed an approximate twofold higher frequency of adverse events among patients with early (</=3 months) in-stent restenosis. Advanced age (p = 0.019), prior coronary bypass (p = 0. 017), and early in-stent intervention (p = 0.006) independently predicted increased mortality at follow-up. Systemic hypertension (p = 0.004), diabetes mellitus (p = 0.044), and early in-stent intervention (p <0.0001) independently predicted a third TAR. These variables (p = 0.007, p = 0.027, and p <0.0001, respectively) also independently predicted a composite end point consisting of death, myocardial infarction, and a third TAR. No angiographic variable predicted outcome after in-stent intervention. Thus, long-term outcome following in-stent intervention was favorable. Early in-stent intervention, advanced age, hypertension, and diabetes predicted adverse outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Klugherz
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Meneveau
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kolansky
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schiele
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Matthai
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Groh
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Untereker
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hirshfeld
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bassand
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Wilensky
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome