Drug-eluting stent thrombosis in routine clinical practice: two-year outcomes and predictors from the TAXUS ARRIVE registries.

Publication/Presentation Date

8-1-2009

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Stent thrombosis (ST) is an uncommon but serious complication of drug-eluting and bare metal stents. To assess drug-eluting stent ST in contemporary practice, we analyzed 2-year data from the 7492-patient ARRIVE registry.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients were enrolled at the initiation of percutaneous coronary intervention with no inclusion/exclusion criteria beyond use of the paclitaxel-eluting TAXUS stent. Two-year follow-up was 94% with independent adjudication of major cardiac events. A second, autonomous committee adjudicated Academic Research Consortium (ARC) definite/probable ST. Cumulative 2-year ARC-defined ST was 2.6% (1.0% early ST [<30 >days], 0.7% late ST [31 to 365 days], and 0.8% very late ST [>1 year]). Simple-use (single-vessel and single-stent) cases had lower rates than expanded use (broader patient/lesion characteristics, 2-year cumulative: 1.4% versus 3.3%, P28 mm, lesion calcification) and late ST (vessel

CONCLUSIONS: The relative risks of early and late ST differ. Knowledge of ST risk for specific subgroups may guide revascularization options until the completion of randomized trials in these broad populations.

Volume

2

Issue

4

First Page

285

Last Page

293

ISSN

1941-7632

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

20031730

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article

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