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Abstract: Summary: Drug eluting stents (DES) were introduced in clinical practice to overcome the problem of in-stent restenosis (ISR) that limited the overall efficacy of percutaneous coronary revascularization with bare metal stent (BMS). Long-term outcome data confirm a sustained benefit of DES as compared with BMS. However, this benefit is mainly evident in the first year of follow-up. Indeed, DES-related events may extend over this time, due to late events (late ISR and/or very late stent thrombosis). Prevention of late failure of DES may become a specific therapeutic target. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The main adverse reactions to coronary stents are in-stent restenosis (ISR) and stent thrombosis. Along with procedural factors, individual susceptibility to these events plays an important role. In particular, inflammatory status, as assessed by C-reactive protein levels, predicts the risk of ISR after bare-metal stent implantation, although it does not predict the risk of stent thrombosis. Conversely, C-reactive protein levels fail to predict the risk of ISR after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, although they appear to predict the risk of stent thrombosis. Of note, DES have abated ISR rates occurring in the classical 1-year window, but new concern is emerging regarding late restenosis and thrombosis. The pathogenesis of these late events seems to be related to delayed healing and allergic reactions to polymers, a process in which eosinophils seem to play an important role by enhancing restenosis and thrombosis. The identification of high-risk individuals based on biomarker assessment may be important for the management of patients receiving stent implantation. In this report, we review the evolving role of inflammatory biomarkers in predicting the risk of ISR and stent thrombosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Objectives: Different drug-eluting stents (DES) may have different performance in bifurcation PCI. Thus, we compared the performance of a novel zotarolimus-eluting stent (ZRS) with that obtained using two other DES in bifurcation PCI. Methods and Results: Consecutive patients with bifurcated lesions undergoing DES implantation were treated by a provisional approach with sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) or everolimus-eluting stent (EES) during a former period, and then by ZRS in a second period. The PCI procedural details were prospectively recorded and angiographic results were evaluated by a 3-dimensional quantitative coronary analysis software. Primary procedural end-point was “side-branch (SB) trouble” (occurrence, after MV stenting, of: SB TIMI flow<3 or need of specific wires for SB rewiring, or failure to re-wire/dilate the SB). Primary angiographic end-point was post-PCI minimal-lumen-diameter at SB-ostium. During the study, 225 patients were enrolled and treated by ZRS (n=75), by SES (n=75) or by EES (n=75). Among procedural characteristics, “SB trouble” occurred in 4% of patients treated by ZRS, a figure significantly lower compared to SES (16%, P=0.014) and non-significantly lower compared to EES (11%, P=0.12). At multivariable analysis, DES type, pre-PCI SB flow <3 and bifurcation complexity were the only predictors of “SB trouble”. After the procedure, minimal-lumen-diameter at SB ostium was significantly larger with ZRS compared to SES (1.94 vs. 1.64mm, P=0.008) and similar to that of EES. Conclusions: ZRS is associated to improved performance and SB angiographic results compared to SES. These results support the hypothesis that DES selection may influence the procedural course and the acute angiographic result of bifurcation PCI. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]