title: Six- and twelve-month clinical outcomes after implantation of prokinetic BMS in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the Prokinetic bare metal stent implanted in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively studied ACS patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with a Prokinetic stent implantation. Excluded were patients presenting with cardiogenic shock, undergoing PCI to left main coronary artery (LM), or having implantation of additional stents other than Prokinetic. Six and 12 months clinical follow-up was obtained by phone.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 140 Prokinetic stents were implanted in 117 patients (age 64+/-13.0 years, 78% men). Thirty two percent of the patients had unstable angina, 36% had non ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and 33% had ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Forty two percent of lesions were categorized as B2 and 21% as C type. Procedural success was achieved in 99.1% of lesions. Clinical success was achieved in 97.4% of patients. Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) rate was 8.5% and 11.1% at 6 and 12 months follow-up, respectively. The incidence of cardiac death, MI and TLR was 2.6%, 3.4% and 2.6%, respectively at 6 months, and 4.3%, 4.3%, 2.6% respectively at 12 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical outcomes at 6 and 12 months after Prokinetic stent implantation are excellent and may be attributable to its unique combination of composition, design and coating.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel. tatiana.berlin@clalit.org.il
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.forename: Eliezer
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rozenbaum
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arbel
authors.forename: Orna
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Reges
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Erel
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shetboun
authors.forename: Morton
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leibovitch
authors.forename: Morris
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mosseri
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome