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Bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis: Results from a multicenter Italian experience

  • Elisabetta Moscarella
  • , Attilio Varricchio
  • , Eugenio Stabile
  • , Azeem Latib
  • , Alfonso Ielasi
  • , Maurizio Tespili
  • , Bernardo Cortese
  • , Paolo Calabrò
  • , Francesco Granata
  • , Vasileios F. Panoulas
  • , Anna Franzone
  • , Bruno Trimarco
  • , Giulio Bonzani
  • , Giovanni Esposito
  • , Antonio Colombo

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Abstract

This multicenter experience sought to investigate the feasibility and safety of BVS for the treatment of ISR. From April 2012 to June 2014, a total of 315 patients (334 lesions) underwent PCI for ISR at the participating centers. Of those, 83 patients (90 lesions) received BVS. Procedural success was achieved in all patients. At a median of 7 (IQR 3-18) months follow-up, MACCE rate was 12%, TLR 7.7%, while one (1.1%) definite BVS-in-stent thrombosis was reported. The results of this multicenter experience suggest that BVS implantation for the treatment of coronary ISR is technically feasible and associated with favorable mid-term clinical results. These data could be considered hypothesis generating for a future randomized clinical trial.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)366-372
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Cardiology
Volume199
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 15 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • BVS
  • DES
  • Restenosis
  • Stent

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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