Randomized comparison of deliverability and in-hospital complications in implantation of BxSonic(R), Express(R), and Flexmaster(R) coronary stents.
OBJECTIVE
To compare deliverability and in-hospital complications in implantation of BxSonic(R), Express(R), and Flexmaster(R) coronary stents in a randomized multicenter trial in five Danish interventional centres.


RESULTS
Patients with planned stenting of at least one stenotic lesion in a native coronary artery were included in the study. There were 494 (664) patients (treated lesions) in the BxSonic(R), 499 (657) in the Express(R) and 500 (658) in the Flexmaster(R) groups. The groups were well matched with regard to age, sex, diabetes, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, indication for PCI and coronary artery lesion complexity. The study stents were implanted with or without predilatation according to ordinary -clinical practice.Rates of successful stent implantation and in-hospital stent thrombosis, re-intervention, non-fatal myocardial infarction or death. The BxSonic(R), Express(R) and Flexmaster(R) stents were successfully implanted in 92,2%, 89,3% and 91,6% of all lesions (ns). There were no in-hospital deaths and the rates of in-hospital complications were similar in the three stent groups.


CONCLUSIONS
We found similar deliverability and in-hospital complication rates of the BxSonic(R), Express(R) and Flexmaster(R) stents.
Thuesen
Leif
L
Department of Cardiology, Skejby Hospital, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Galløe
Anders
A
Thayssen
Per
P
Rasmussen
Klaus
K
Kelbæk
Henning
H
Lassen
Jens Flensted
JF
Hansen
Peter Riis
PR
Pedersen
Knud Erik
KE
Ravkilde
Jan
J
Helquist
Steffen
S
Abildgaard
Ulrik
U
Andersen
Henning Rud
HR
Bøtker
Hans Erik
HE
Kristensen
Steen Dalby
SD
Hjort
Jacob
J
Krusell
Lars Romer
LR