Thursday 2 August 2007

The risk of sirolimus stent thrombosis is higher in multiple-vessel disease diabetic patients

The EVASTENT Matched-Cohort Registry investigated the frequency and causes of stent thrombosis in diabetic and nondiabetic patients after implantation of sirolimus-eluting stents.

The study population was a matched multicenter cohort registry of 1,731 patients undergoing revascularization exclusively with sirolimus stents.

The primary end point was a composite of stent thrombosis, cardiovascular death, and nonfatal myocardial infarction (major adverse cardiac events. Major events occurred in 78 patients (4.5%), cardiac death in 35 (2.1%), and stent thrombosis in 45 (2.6%): 30 definite, 23 subacute, and 22 late, including 9 at >6 months.

The 1-year stent thrombosis rate was 1.8 times higher in diabetic than in nondiabetic patients (3.2% vs. 1.7%; log rank p = 0.03), with diabetic patients with multiple-vessel disease experiencing the highest rate.

The other predictors were

  • interruption of antithrombotic treatment,
  • previous stroke,
  • renal failure,
  • lower ejection fraction,
  • calcified lesion,
  • length stented,
  • insulin-requiring diabetes.

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