title: The real-world prevalence of cardiovascular events related to coronary spasm after percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: It is unknown to what extent coronary spasm affects cardiovascular events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in clinical practice. The aim was to examine the prevalence of cardiovascular events related to coronary spasm following PCI according to stent type.
  
  
  
  We enrolled 933 consecutive patients treated with coronary stent implantation, including bare metal stents (BMS; n=238), first-generation drug-eluting stents (1st DES; n=185), and second-generation DES (2nd DES; n=510). We compared stent-oriented endpoints (SOEs; stent thrombosis, target vessel myocardial infarction or unstable angina, target lesion revascularization, and cardiac death) and the differences in SOE related to coronary spasm across stent types. Among the SOEs, spasm-related cardiac event was defined based on JCS guideline.
  
  
  
  The prevalence of SOE for each stent type was 16.8% (BMS), 16.8% (1st DES), and 7.8% (2nd DES) (p<0.001) and the rates of cardiovascular events related to coronary spasm were 2.9%, 3.2%, and 0.4%, respectively (p=0.005). Multivariate analysis identified the non-use of statin (HR, 0.275, 95% CI, 0.087-0.871, p=0.028) and non-use of 2nd DES (hazard ratio, 0.196, 95% confidence interval, 0.043-0.887, p=0.034) as independent predictors of cardiac events related to coronary spasm.
  
  
  
  The prevalence of cardiovascular events related to coronary spasm was the lowest in patients with 2nd DES. The 2nd DES may be more efficacious and safer from the point of view of the reduction of cardiac events due to coronary spasm during statin therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. Electronic address: shokimot@kumamoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hokimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sueta
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akasaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsujita
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaikita
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Sunao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008670:Metals
keywords: Coronary spasm; Drug-eluting stent; Statin