ABSORV at Long Term in Daily Practice Lesions

absorv abbottThis work reports one year outcomes of the BVS Expand registry. Multiple studies have shown the safety and feasibility of the everolimus eluting bioresorbable scaffold ABSORB (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, California), but medium and long term data are limited and only on simple lesions.

 

This is a prospective single-center registry assessing ABSORB performance in lesions representative of the daily practice, such as:

  • Calcified lesions
  • Total occlusions
  • Long lesions
  • Small vessels

 

Inclusion criteria were patients presenting with non ST elevation MI, stable or unstable angina or silent ischemia caused by de novo stenotic lesions in native coronary arteries.

 

Primary end point were major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) defined as a composite of:

  • Cardiac death
  • Acute myocardial infarction
  • Target vessel revascularization

 

Between September 2012 and January 2015, 249 patients with 335 lesions were included. The mean number of scaffolds per patient was 1.79 ± 1.15. Invasive imaging was used for scaffold implantation in 39% of patients.

 

Mean follow up was 622 days (376 a 734). Using Kaplan-Meier, at 18 months:

  • MACE rate was 6.8%.
  • Cardiac death rate was 1.8%.
  • AMI rate was 5.2%.
  • Target lesion revascularization rate was 4.0%. Scaffold definite thrombosis rate was 1.9%.

 

Conclusion

In complex patients and lesions, the ABSORB resorbable scaffold showed acceptable performance at long term. There were no cases of early thrombosis.

 

Original Title: Mid- to Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Patients Treated With the Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold. The BVS Expand Registry.

Reference: Cordula M. Felix et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2016;9(16):1652-1663.

 

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