title: Comparison of rapamycin- and paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
abstract: Compared with bare metal stents, sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents (SESs and PESs, respectively) have been shown to improve angiographic and clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in elective patients and those with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The aim of the present study was to compare SESs with PESs in patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI. Patients with STEMI were randomized 1:1 to receive SESs (n = 196) or PESs (n = 201). The primary end point was late lumen loss at 9-month follow-up by quantitative coronary angiography. Secondary end points were major adverse cardiac clinical events (death, reinfarction, target vessel revascularization) at 1 month and 9 and 12 months. Three hundred ninety-seven patients with STEMI were randomized. The 2 groups had comparable baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics. Mortality was low, 1.5% after 30 days, 2.3% after 9 months, and 3.1% after 1 year. There was no difference in any clinical outcome at any follow-up period between the 2 treatment groups. Follow-up angiography was completed in 272 of 397 patients (69%). Mean +/- SD in-stent late loss was 0.01 +/- 0.42 mm in the SES group versus 0.21 +/- 0.50 mm in the PES group (difference -0.20 mm, p = 0.001). In conclusion, in patients with STEMI, primary PCI with SESs results in less late loss compared with PESs. However, these benefits did not translate into a significant decrease in major adverse cardiac events at 1-year follow-up.
authors: Cardiovascular Center, Hospital Cinere, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors: Yahya B
authors: YB
authors: Juwana
authors: Harry
authors: H
authors: Suryapranata
authors: Jan Paul
authors: JP
authors: Ottervanger
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: De Luca
authors: Arnoud W J
authors: AW
authors: van't Hof
authors: Jan-Henk E
authors: JH
authors: Dambrink
authors: Menko-Jan
authors: MJ
authors: de Boer
authors: A T Marcel
authors: AT
authors: Gosselink
authors: Jan C A
authors: JC
authors: Hoorntje
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D017239:Paclitaxel; D020123:Sirolimus