Validating Intracoronary Optical Coherence Tomography Measurements of Acute Stent Apposition

Results: 403 consecutive patients (mean age 64± 12 years, 71%males)were included in this study.A total of 690 stents were deployed in 568 lesions in 510 vessels; average of 1.7 stents per patient. Indications for PCI were stable angina in 11%, unstable angina in 39%, NSTEMI in 43%, and STEMI 7%. Procedural successwas achieved in 99.4%. Vessels treated were LAD in 47%, RCA in 24%, LCX in 23%, and LM/Intermediate/Grafts in 6%. The mean stent length was 18.2± 9.2mm with a mean stent diameter of 2.7± 6mm. During a median follow-up of 23 months, 3% of patients had an MI, 3% underwent TVR, 4% died with one (<0.5%) case of definite stent thrombosis. The cumulative MACE was 11%. The Kaplan Meier 2-year survival and MACE free survival were 95% and 89% respectively. Conclusion: Everolimus eluting stent appears safe in a real world settingwith satisfactorymedian termoutcomes which include low rates of TVR and other adverse events. doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2011.05.384