"Assessment of effectiveness and security in high pressure postdilatation of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds during percutaneous coronary intervention. Study in a contemporary, non-selected cohort of Spanish patients". (15th September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abellas-Sequeiros, Rosa A.; Ocaranza-Sanchez, Raymundo; Galvão Braga, Carlos; Raposeiras-Roubin, Sergio; Lopez-Otero, Diego; Cid-Alvarez, Belen; Souto-Castro, Pablo; Trillo-Nouche, Ramiro; Gonzalez-Juanatey, Jose R.
• Is Part Of: International journal of cardiology. Volume 219(2016)
• Page Start: 264
• Page End: 270
• Publication Date: 2016-09-15
• Subjects: PTCA percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty -- DES drug-eluting metallic stents -- BVS bioresorbable vascular scaffold -- OCT optical coherence tomography -- PCI percutaneous coronary intervention -- TLR target lesion revascularization -- DAPT dual antiplatelet treatment -- NC balloon non-compliant balloon -- ISA incomplete strut apposition -- LLL late luminal loss; Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds -- OCT -- PCI -- STEMI; Cardiology -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.12
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.029
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0167-5273

Abstract

Abstract: Objectives: To determine security and benefits of high pressure postdilatation (HPP) of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of complex lesions whatever its indication is. Background: Acute scaffold disruption has been proposed as the main limitation of BVS when they are overexpanded. However, clinical implications of this disarray are not yet clear and more evidence is needed. Methods: A total of 25 BVS were deployed during PCI of 14 complex lesions after mandatory predilatation. In all cases HPP was performed with NC balloon in a 1:1 relation to the artery. After that, optical coherence tomography (OCT) analyses were performed. Results: Mean and maximal postdilatation pressure were 17 ± 3.80 and 20 atmospheres (atm) respectively. Postdilatation balloon/scaffold diameter ratio was 1.01. A total of 39, 590 struts were analyzed. Mean, minimal and maximal scaffold diameter were respectively: 3.09 ± 0.34 mm, 2.88 ± 0.31 mm and 3.31 ± 0.40 mm. Mean eccentricity index was 0.13 ± 0.05. ISA percentage was 1.42% with a total of 564 malapposed struts. 89 struts were identified as disrupted, which represents a percentage of disrupted struts of 0.22%. At 30 days, none of our patients died, suffered from stroke, stent thrombosis or needed target lesion revascularization (TLR). Conclusions: NC balloon HPP of BVS at more than 17 atm (up to 20 atm) is safe during PCI and allows to achieve better angiographic and clinical results.