Affiliations:
Kardiologie I, Universitätsmedizin Mainz und DZHK Standort Rhein-Main, Mainz, Germany
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author: Tommaso Gori, Zentrum für Kardiologie, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany. Tel.: +49 6131 17 2829; Fax: +49 6131 17 6428; E-mail: tommaso.gori@unimedizin-mainz.de.
Note: [1] The manuscript is dedicated to Prof. F. Jung on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Abstract: AIM:To investigate three-year outcomes of patients presenting with nonSTelevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) treated with bioresorbable everolimus-eluting vascular scaffolds (BRS). METHODS AND RESULTS:The study included a total of 488 consecutive patients, enrolled between May 2012 and December 2013 (median age 65 [56–74], 392 men. 269 patients presented with either NSTEMI or unstable angina at the time of enrolling, 219 patients with stable or silent angina. The primary device-oriented endpoint (Target Lesion Failure, TLF) was defined as a combination of cardiovascular death, target vessel myocardial infarction or clinically driven target lesion revascularization.Among the cardiac risk factors, NSTE-ACS patients were more frequently smokers (P = 0.028), had less frequently dyslipidemia (P = 0.003) and a history of prior PCI (P < 0.01).The median follow-up was 1070[763–1197] days. The three-years incidence of TLF was slightly higher but did not differ significantly between groups (NSTE-ACS: 16.3% vs. 15.9%, p = 0.163). Accordingly, there was no difference in any of the other endpoints. CONCLUSION:Treatment of NSTE-ACS with BRS appears to be safe and effective. In this group, risk factors for events during follow up did not differ as compared to the general population.
