title: A clinical risk score for prediction of stent thrombosis.
abstract: The aim was to develop a clinically useful patient risk score predictive for stent thrombosis (ST). Using readily available baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics, a Cox proportional hazards multivariate model was used to identify significant (p <0.10) predictors of ST through 1 year in 2,487 patients receiving a TAXUS Express (Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Massachusetts) drug-eluting stent (DES) in the ARRIVE 1 registry. Hazard ratios of significant predictors were rounded to an integer value ranging from 2 to 5. These values were summed for a maximum possible score of 24. The model was validated using 1-year data from a similar DES data set (ARRIVE 2, n = 4,820 patients). The 8 significant predictors found were thienopyridine therapy discontinuation before 6 months, insulin-requiring diabetes, smoker at baseline, left main stent placement, multiple stent placement, lesion length >28 mm, moderate to severe lesion calcification, and reference vessel diameter <3 mm. Model discrimination was high, indicated by an area under the receiver-operator characteristic curve of 0.819. Stratification of patients into low-, medium-, and high-risk groups showed that ST developed in 0.8% of patients with a score <6, 3.6% of patients with a score of 7 to 13, and 12.6% of patients with a score >or=14. In conclusion, using 8 readily available clinical and angiographic characteristics, we defined an ST risk score for patients receiving a DES during the first year. Analysis of patients from ARRIVE 1 and 2 showed that most (73%) were in the lowest risk category, with 25% in the moderate risk category. Less than 2% were at highest risk of developing ST.
authors: St. Paul Heart Clinic, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. kbaran@stphc.com
authors: Kenneth W
authors: KW
authors: Baran
authors: John M
authors: JM
authors: Lasala
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Cox
authors: Aijun
authors: A
authors: Song
authors: Mahesh C
authors: MC
authors: Deshpande
authors: Mary V
authors: MV
authors: Jacoski
authors: Stephen R
authors: SR
authors: Mascioli
mesh_terms: D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012372:ROC Curve; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible