BACKGROUND: Treatment of restenosis following intracoronary brachytherapy (ICB) is still a challenging problem. Implantation of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) in this setting may be an option to be evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analysed the prospective multicentre SES registry, the German Cypher Stent Registry. 7,445 patients treated with an SES during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were registered. Out of these patients, 61 (0.8%) were treated for restenosis after ICB: 56 patients with completed follow-up could be evaluated. Median age was 65 years, with 80% male patients. 48% of patients had a prior myocardial infarction and 25% had already coronary bypass surgery (CABG). Type B2 lesion was present in 40% and type C lesion in 22.4%. Event rates from SES implantation until 6.6 months follow-up were death 0%, myocardial infarction 3.6%, stroke 2.1%. Target vessel revascularization rate (TVR) was 16.4%, and major adverse cardiovascular or cerebral events (MACCE) or TVR occurred in 17.9% of patients. This TVR rate was higher compared with that of other patients treated with an SES: 8.4% (P = 0.04). During 65 months follow-up MACCE or TVR occurred in 44.6% of patients. CONCLUSIONS: The treatment of lesions after ICB occurred in 0.8% out of all patients treated with an SES. Clinical event rates during early follow-up were low. However, the TVR rate was 16.4%, which was significantly higher when compared with other SES-treated patients (8.4%, P = 0.04). The treatment of restenosis after ICB with SES seems to be safe and reasonably effective; however, there might be a late catch-up phenomenon.
BACKGROUND: Treatment of restenosis following intracoronary brachytherapy (ICB) is still a challenging problem. Implantation of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) in this setting may be an option to be evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analysed the prospective multicentre SES registry, the German Cypher Stent Registry. 7,445 patients treated with an SES during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were registered. Out of these patients, 61 (0.8%) were treated for restenosis after ICB: 56 patients with completed follow-up could be evaluated. Median age was 65 years, with 80% male patients. 48% of patients had a prior myocardial infarction and 25% had already coronary bypass surgery (CABG). Type B2 lesion was present in 40% and type C lesion in 22.4%. Event rates from SES implantation until 6.6 months follow-up were death 0%, myocardial infarction 3.6%, stroke 2.1%. Target vessel revascularization rate (TVR) was 16.4%, and major adverse cardiovascular or cerebral events (MACCE) or TVR occurred in 17.9% of patients. This TVR rate was higher compared with that of other patients treated with an SES: 8.4% (P = 0.04). During 65 months follow-up MACCE or TVR occurred in 44.6% of patients. CONCLUSIONS: The treatment of lesions after ICB occurred in 0.8% out of all patients treated with an SES. Clinical event rates during early follow-up were low. However, the TVR rate was 16.4%, which was significantly higher when compared with other SES-treated patients (8.4%, P = 0.04). The treatment of restenosis after ICB with SES seems to be safe and reasonably effective; however, there might be a late catch-up phenomenon.
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