Journal article

Publication year: 2014

Pages: 141-148

Journal: Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volume number: 103

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 1861-0684

eISSN: 1861-0692

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-013-0630-x

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 

To evaluate safety and efficacy of the everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffold (BVS) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

According to the current guidelines, drug-eluting stents are the treatment of choice in patients with STEMI. BVS represents a new technology capable to restore the native vessel vasomotion and potentially avoiding long-term limitations such as stent thrombosis.

From October 2012 to May 2013, patients with evidence of STEMI eligible for BVS implantation were included in this study. Exclusion criteria were not defined.

A total of 25 patients, respectively 31 lesions, were treated. Procedural success was achieved in 97 %. Two major adverse cardiac events occurred during hospitalization and follow-up: one patient with cardiogenic shock at the index procedure subsequently died. One patient suffered from instable angina with need for interventional revascularization of a previously untreated vessel. One target vessel failure as a consequence of an intra-procedural dissection was seen. However, no target lesion failure was noted. During 132.7 +/- A 68.7 days of follow-up none of the patients died.

Our findings suggest that implantation of BVS in STEMI patients is feasible in this small cohort of highly selected patients. Further evaluation in randomized-controlled trials is needed.

Harvard Citation style: Wiebe, J., Moellmann, H., Most, A., Doerr, O., Weipert, K., Rixe, J., et al. (2014) Short-term outcome of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with an everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold, Clinical Research in Cardiology, 103(2), pp. 141-148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-013-0630-x

APA Citation style: Wiebe, J., Moellmann, H., Most, A., Doerr, O., Weipert, K., Rixe, J., Liebetrau, C., Elsaesser, A., Achenbach, S., Hamm, C., & Nef, H. (2014). Short-term outcome of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with an everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 103(2), 141-148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-013-0630-x