title: [Use of "Cypher" sirolimus-eluting stents in coronary heart disease patients with different types of coronary arterial lesions].
abstract: The purpose of our study was to assess the immediate and late results of treatment with Cypher drug-eluting stents (Cordis, Johnson & Johnson, USA) in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). This was a prospective study that included 738 patients who had been implanted Cypher stents in May 2002 to March 2006. The patients' mean age was 56 +/- 9 years; there were 87% of males. The patients were randomly included into the study and they underwent coronary stenting in the routine laboratory setting. A control group comprised 162 patients who had undergone Velocity or Sonic nondrug-eluting stents of the same firm, which had the similar structure. The groups did not differ in clinical characteristics. 827 stenoses in the eluting stent group and 225 stenoses in the control group were subject to revascularization. The immediate cure rate was 95 and 94%, respectively. The total number of events (myocardial infarction, emergency coronary bypass surgery, subacute occlusion of a stented segment) was 2.3% in the eluting stent group and 2.4% in the control group. A repeated examination 1 year after surgery was made in 482 and 119 patients in the drug-eluting and nondrug-eluting groups, respectively. During the follow-up, one patient died of a extracardiac cause and 3 (0.6%) patients underwent coronary bypass surgery in the nondrug-eluting stent group; there were no deaths and 2 (1.6%) patients had coronary bypass surgery in the control group. In the eluting stent group, there were fewer cases of repeated endovascular procedures of target stenosis revascularization than in the control group (3.7% versus 11.7%; p < 0.0005). In the eluting stent group, the total number of unfavorable cardiovascular events was significantly less than that in the control group and it amounted to 3.3% as compared with 15.9% in the non-eluting stent group; p < 0.0005. Cardiovascular event-free survival was significantly higher in the eluting stent group: 92% versus 77% in the non-eluting stent group (p < 0.0005).
authors.forename: Iu N
authors.initials: IuN
authors.lastname: Belenkov
authors.forename: Iu G
authors.initials: IuG
authors.lastname: Matchin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Liakishev
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Savchenko
mesh_terms: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D020123:Sirolimus