title: [Clinical and angiographical results of the use of the EPHESOS stent in patients with coronary artery atherosclerosis].
abstract: The Ephesos is a new balloon-expandable, stainless steel, tubular stent with multicellular design. This open nonrandomized study assesses the immediate and long-term clinical and angiographic outcomes after Ephesos implantation in patients with native coronary artery disease. The Ephesos was implanted in 168 patients with 198 de novo lesions. Most patients (56%) had unstable angina, and 38% of lesions were type B2-C. The mean lesion length was 12.5-/+7.2 mm, and 29% of lesions were >15 mm in length. No stent deployment failure occurred, as well as acute or subacute stent thrombosis. In-hospital non-Q-wave myocardial infarction occurred in 2 patients. The 6-month event-free survival was 83.9%. Two patients with no restenosis in the target vessel died of fatal infarction due to abrupt closure of a nontarget vessel. The 6-month angiographic follow-up was obtained in 164 patients (98%) (192 lesions). The loss index was 0.27-/+0.25. Angiographic restenosis rate was 12%. Twenty patients with restenosis had repeat target lesion revascularization. The results of this study indicate a potential benefit of EPHESOS for the prevention of stent thrombosis and restenosis in these relatively high-risk patients.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Batyraliev
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Samko
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Pershukov
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Niyazova-Karben
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozgul
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serchelik
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Besnili
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Aĭalp
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pya
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dinler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome