Multivessel drug-eluting stenting and impact of diabetes mellitus--a report from the EVENT registry.

To compare clinical outcomes in patients with and without diabetes after multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Diabetes is associated with significantly worse outcomes after multivessel PCI and coronary bypass surgery is recommended as the preferred option for these patients. The Evaluation of Drug Eluting Stents and Ischemic Events registry is a multicenter evaluation of acute and 1 year outcomes in unselected patients undergoing PCI since approval of drug-eluting stents (DES). Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) were defined as all cause mortality, myocardial infarction, or repeat revascularization and rate was estimated by Kaplan-Meier method and compared using log-rank. The independent correlates of MACE were determined using Cox proportional hazards regression. Of 4,819 nonemergency native coronary DES procedures, 1,595 (33.1%) were in patients with diabetes and 722 (11.7%) involved >1 vessel. Of patients undergoing multivessel procedures, diabetes was present in 256 (35.5%). One year after multivessel PCI, MACE was similar for patients with or without diabetes (22.3% versus 21.2%, log-rank test P = 0.85). The independent correlates of 1 year MACE were female sex (Hazard ratio [HR], 1.58, 95% CI 1.14-2.20), ejection fraction (HR 0.74 per group [<25%, 26-35%, 36-50%, and >50%], 95%CI 0.59-0.94) and number of stents (HR 1.20 per stent, 95%CI 1.04-1.38) but not diabetes (HR 1.00, 95% CI 0.71-1.39). Multivessel DES is performed commonly in patients with diabetes with outcomes at 1 year similar to patients without diabetes. Longer follow-up is required to more fully evaluate the safety and effectiveness of this strategy.

Novack V ，Tsyvine D ，Cohen DJ ，Pencina M ，Dubin J ，Dehghani H ，Kleiman NS ，Cutlip DE ... -  《-》

Complete versus incomplete revascularization in patients with multivessel disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents.

To investigate the long-term prognostic implications of complete versus incomplete revascularization in multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stent (DES). Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with MVD provides better outcomes when complete revascularization is achieved. There is a paucity of data on the outcomes of complete versus incomplete revascularization of MVD patients undergoing PCI, and currently there is no data available with DES. Patients with MVD undergoing PCI with DES (sirolimus- or paclitaxel-eluting stent) were included. Comparisons of long-term outcomes between completely versus incompletely revascularized patients were made. The primary outcome measure was the composite of cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), or any revascularization. Secondary endpoints were the components of the composite endpoint. A total of 508 patients were considered for this analysis: 212 (41.7%) and 296 (58.3%) had complete and incomplete revascularization, respectively. The median follow-up was 27.0 (interquartile range: 23.0-37.1) months. After adjusting for baseline characteristics, the hazard ratio (HR, 95% confidence interval) for complete revascularization was 0.43 (0.29-0.63, P < 0.0001) for the primary composite endpoint. Complete revascularization was associated with better outcomes for components of the composite endpoint: 0.37 (0.15-0.92, P = 0.03) for cardiac death, 0.34 (0.16-0.75 P = 0.008) for the composite of cardiac death or MI and 0.45 (0.29-0.69, P = 0.0003) for any repeat revascularization. This association was confirmed in a propensity-matched population. Complete revascularization with DES of MVD patients is associated with lower rates of long-term adverse events.

Tamburino C ，Angiolillo DJ ，Capranzano P ，Dimopoulos K ，La Manna A ，Barbagallo R ，Tagliareni F ，Mangiafico S ，Guzman LA ，Galassi AR ，Bass TA ... -  《-》

Outcomes after differential use of drug-eluting stents in diabetic patients: 1-year results from the DES.DE (Drug-Eluting Stent.DEutschland) registry.

The prospective multicenter German DES.DE registry provides real world data to evaluate the therapeutic principle of two different drug-eluting stents (DES) [Sirolimus- (SES) and Paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES)] in the context of the German Health System. Differential DES have been effective in randomized trials, but their difference in safety and efficacy in diabetic patients has not been well studied. Baseline, predefined procedural as well as clinical in-hospital and follow-up events were recorded for all 1,526 diabetic patients. The composite of death, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke defined as major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) and target vessel revascularization (TVR) were defined as primary endpoints. Between October 2005 and October 2006, 1,526 diabetic patients, 34.2% of them being insulin-dependent, were enrolled (SES: n = 612; PES: n = 914) at 98 DES.DE sites. Overall, one third of patients were admitted with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and 70% had multivessel-disease reflecting a real world scenario. With similar baseline clinical and descriptive morphology of coronary artery disease (CAD) in both DES groups, there were no statistical differences in 1-year follow-up with respect to rates of overall mortality (5.8% vs. 5.4%), TVR (12.0% vs. 11.3%), overall stent thrombosis (5.6% vs. 4.6%) and MACCE (11.4% vs. 10.3%) between both DES. The data collected in DES.DE revealed no differences in clinical outcomes within 1 year between SES and PES in diabetic patients in a "real-world" setting.

Akin I ，Bufe A ，Eckardt L ，Reinecke H ，Richardt G ，Kuck KH ，Senges J ，Schneider S ，Nienaber CA ，DES.DE Study Group ... -  《-》

PCI versus CABG for multivessel coronary disease in diabetics.

To explore the clinical performance of a strategy of revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stent (DES) in diabetic patients with multivessel disease (MVD) compared with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), when it is based on clinical judgment. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major risk factor for poor outcome after PCI. However, PCI may result in better outcome if the choice of revascularization (PCI versus CABG) is based on the physician decision, rather than randomization. Limited experiences have compared revascularization by DES-PCI versus CABG in DM patients with MVD. From August 2004 to August 2005, 220 consecutive DM patients with MVD underwent DES-PCI (93) or CABG (127) at our Institution. The type of revascularization was dependent on patient and/or physician choice. Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) included death, myocardial infarction, repeat coronary revascularization, and stroke. Compared with PCI patients, CABG patients had higher prevalence of 3-vessel disease (P < 0.001), significant LAD involvement (P < 0.001), presence of total occlusions (P = 0.04), collateral circulation (P < 0.001). At 2-year follow-up, MACCE were not different between CABG group and DES-PCI group (OR 1.2; P = 0.6) and, only when the clinical judgment on the revascularization choice was excluded at propensity analysis, DES-PCI increased the risk of 24-month MACCE in total population (OR 1.8; P = 0.04). For patients with DM and MVD, a clinical judgment-based revascularization by DES-PCI is not associated with worse 2-year outcome compared with CABG.

Tarantini G ，Ramondo A ，Napodano M ，Favaretto E ，Gardin A ，Bilato C ，Nesseris G ，Tarzia V ，Cademartiri F ，Gerosa G ，Iliceto S ... -  《-》

Clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting vs. bare-metal stents in dialysis patients.

Halkin A ，Selzer F ，Marroquin O ，Laskey W ，Detre K ，Cohen H ... -  《-》