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Bimodal Distribution of Angiographic Measures of Restenosis Six Months After Coronary Stent Placement
From the Medizinische Klinik rechts der Isar and Deutsches Herzzentrum (A.S., A.K., S.E., H.S., J.D.) Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie (F.D., M.W., K.U.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Background Restenosis has been perceived as the tail end of a normal distribution of the response of the vessel to the intervention. However, recent studies have described a bimodal distribution for de novo lesions after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. This finding suggests that some lesions may be more susceptible for restenosis. Whether this holds true for a wider spectrum of lesions undergoing stent placement is not yet known. The present study analyzes the frequency distribution of angiographic indexes of restenosis 6 months after coronary stent implantation.
Methods and Results Quantitative angiographic evaluation was performed in 1084 lesions of 1084 patients before, immediately after, and 6 months after successful Palmaz-Schatz stent placement; this represented 80.4% of patients eligible for follow-up angiography. Principal end points of the analysis were angiographic indexes of restenosis at 6 months. Twenty-two lesions that became totally occluded at follow-up were excluded from most parts of the analysis. Diameter stenosis, minimal luminal diameter (MLD), and lumen loss at 6 months did not follow a normal pattern; the bimodal pattern was demonstrated through deconvolution that yielded two separate normal components delineating two lesion populations, which developed distinctively different degrees of lumen renarrowing. The first and larger subgroup of lesions, which was less prone to restenosis, was centered around a mean value of 27% for diameter stenosis and 2.19 mm for MLD, whereas the second subgroup, with a greater tendency for restenosis, was situated around a mean value of 68% for diameter stenosis and 0.76 mm for MLD. The intersection point between the two theoretical normal distribution components was 53.5% for diameter stenosis and 1.09 mm for MLD at follow-up.
Conclusions Frequency-distribution curves of angiographic indexes of restenosis after coronary stent placement have a bimodal pattern, suggesting the existence of two distinct populations with different propensity to restenosis. These findings may encourage future efforts for the timely identification of the subset with a higher risk as the target of specific antirestenotic strategies.
Key Words: stents • coronary disease • restenosis • angioplasty
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