1. Long-Term Outcome After Drug-Eluting Versus Bare-Metal Stent Implantation in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: 3-Year Follow-Up of the Randomized DEDICATION (Drug Elution and Distal Protection in Acute Myocardial Infarction) Trial
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Kaltoft, Anne, Kelbæk, Henning, Thuesen, Leif, Lassen, Jens Flensted, Clemmensen, Peter, Kløvgaard, Lene, Engstrøm, Thomas, Bøtker, Hans E., Saunamäki, Kari, Krusell, Lars R., Jørgensen, Erik, Tilsted, Hans-Henrik, Christiansen, Evald H., Ravkilde, Jan, Køber, Lars, Kofoed, Klaus F., Terkelsen, Christian J., and Helqvist, Steffen
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SURGICAL stents , *ARTIFICIAL implants , *MYOCARDIAL infarction , *MYOCARDIAL revascularization , *THROMBOSIS , *DEATH rate , *HEALTH outcome assessment , *ANGIOPLASTY - Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare long-term clinical outcomes after implantation of drug-eluting stents (DES) and bare-metal stents (BMS) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Background: The evidence of long-term efficacy and safety after implantation of DES in patients with complex lesions is scarce. Methods: We randomly assigned 626 patients with STEMI referred within 12 h to have a DES or a BMS implanted in the infarct-related lesion with or without distal protection during primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Results: At 3 years, target lesion revascularization was 6.1% in the DES group compared with 16.3% in the BMS group (p < 0.001), and the rate of major adverse cardiac events was 11.5% versus 18.2%, respectively (p = 0.02). Whereas all-cause mortality did not differ significantly, the rate of cardiac death was higher in the DES group, 6.1% versus 1.9% for the BMS group (p = 0.01). The occurrence of reinfarction, stroke, and stent thrombosis was similar. Conclusions: Implantation of DES in patients with STEMI reduces the long-term rate of major adverse cardiac events compared with BMS, but patients with DES had a higher risk of cardiac death not attributed to myocardial infarction or stent thrombosis. (Drug Elution and Distal Protection During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction [DEDICATION]; NCT00192868) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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