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(Circulation. 2003;108:2747.)
© 2003 American Heart Association, Inc.
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From Erasmus MC, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Institute Dante Pazzanese Cardiology (J.E.S.), Sao Paulo, Brazil; Centro Cuore Columbus (A.C.), Milan, Italy; and Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud (M.-C.M.), Massy, France.
Correspondence to Professor P.W. Serruys, MD, PhD, Erasmus MC, Thoraxcenter, Bd. 408 Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail p.w.j.c.serruys{at}erasmusmc.nl
Received January 10, 2003; de novo received September 21, 2003; accepted October 9, 2003.
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Methods and Results A total of 13 patients who received SES and showed ISA at follow-up IVUS (follow-up I) were investigated. IVUS was performed on all of these patients 12 months later (follow-up II). Quantitative ISA area measurement was also performed at follow-up I and II. No vascular remodeling was observed in the vessel segment with ISA; external elastic membrane area was 19.4±6.6 versus 19.5±6.4 mm2 at follow-up I and II, respectively. There was also no significant change in external elastic membrane area between vessel segment with ISA and without ISA (+1.5% versus -3.0%, respectively; P=0.27) at late follow-up. The ISA area, either including (2.5±1.7 versus 3.8±6.3 mm2; P=NS) or excluding (2.5±1.8 versus 2.4±1.7 mm2; P=NS) a single patient with aneurysm formation, was not significantly different between follow-up I and II. One patient manifested a coronary aneurysm in the stented segment at late follow-up that was probably present at the initial follow-up but masked by thrombus. It was successfully treated with a covered stent. All patients were asymptomatic, and no patient experienced late thrombotic occlusion.
Conclusions Vessel dimensions and area of ISA did not change over time, except for 1 coronary aneurysm that became apparent. ISA after implantation of a SES was not associated with adverse events at late follow-up.
Key Words: stents vessels coronary disease
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ISA has been shown to occur after brachytherapy as well as in patients who receive bare metal stents (BS).3,4 Clinical outcomes of patients who developed ISA remain controversial. Furthermore, there are no data on serial IVUS evaluation of ISA in the long-term follow-up. Because drug-eluting stents (DES) may potentially become a routine therapy in interventional cardiology, information on the long-term effects of ISA with DES are eagerly awaited. The aim of our study was to investigate the long-term quantitative IVUS findings of ISA in patients who received SES.
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Evaluation of ISA, Quantitative IVUS, and Coronary Angiography Analysis
IVUS was performed with automated pullback at 0.5 mm/s. All IVUS procedures were recorded on VHS videotapes. ISA was defined as 1 or more stent struts clearly separated from the vessel wall with evidence of blood speckles behind the strut without overlapping side branches.2 As previously reported, the maximum number of struts separated from the vessel wall, maximal depth, and angle of the ISA were documented.2 The length of ISA site was measured from single or multiple longitudinal views. When the patient had >1 ISA sites separated from each other by completely well-apposed stented segment, the total length of ISA was defined as the sum of the lengths of each ISA segment.
In the segment with ISA, the lumen contours were delineated within and outside the stent strut boundaries (stent area [SA]) (Figure 1). The quantitative coronary ultrasound analysis software (Curad BV, Wijk Bij) was modified to calculate the fraction of the lumen area that lies outside of the stent, eg, ISA area.6 ISA is thus conceptually considered part of an effective lumen. Therefore, 2 types of lumen area are reported: the intrastent lumen area (SA minus intrastent neointimal hyperplasia area) and the effective lumen area (sum of ISA area and intrastent lumen area). In addition, in the segment with ISA, external elastic membrane area (EEMA) and plaque behind stent area (EEMA minus SA minus ISA area) were measured (Figure 1).
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Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) was defined as a maximum lumen area >50% larger than the proximal reference lumen area, which is a cross section of normal appearance within 5 mm proximal to the stent.7 Quantitative coronary angiography was performed by independent core laboratory, as previously described.1,5
Statistical Analysis
Quantitative data are presented as mean±1 SD and compared using paired Students t test. Treatment group differences were tested by ANOVA of Wilcoxon rank-sums scores. Consecutive quantitative coronary angiography measurements were analyzed by general linear modeling with repeated measures, considering various times as factors. A value of P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
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Table 2 shows serial IVUS measurements of stented segments with ISA. There was no significant difference in either EEMA or plaque behind stent area between follow-up I and II. NIH remained minimal at late follow-up. There was also no significant change in EEMA between vessel segment with ISA and without ISA (+1.5% versus -3.0%, respectively; P=0.27) at late follow-up.
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Figure 2A illustrates individual data on ISA volume at the 2 time points. At follow-up I, 22 ISA sites were found; 1 of 13 patients (4.5%) had 3 and 7 of 13 patients (31.8%) had 2 separate ISA sites. At follow-up II, the patient who had 3 ISA sites had developed an aneurysm covering the previous 2 ISA sites; apart from this patient, no new ISA sites were observed. Indeed, 4 ISA sites had resolved at follow-up II.
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The ISA area, either including (2.5±1.7 versus 3.8±6.3 mm2; P=NS) or excluding (2.5±1.versus 2.4±1.7 mm2; P=NS) a single patient with aneurysm formation, was not significantly different between follow-up I and II. In this patient with aneurysm, the border of external elastic membrane could not be delineated on 6-month IVUS. However, serial IVUS examinations suggesting dissolution of thrombotic material in a preexisting aneurysm (Figure 2B). This aneurysmal sac with a depth of 5.9 mm was successfully treated by implanting a covered stent.
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ISA after implantation of SES has been a major concern since it was first described.2 The present study demonstrated that clinical course of ISA observed after SES implantation was benign; none of the patients with ISA experienced stent thrombosis or myocardial infarction. The absence of events, even in the presence of ISA, is also consistent with the observation that endothelialization after implantation of SES and BS is similar and that SES is less thrombogenic than BS.8
The underlying mechanism for ISA remains largely unknown. Several hypotheses have been postulated, including plaque regression, regional positive vascular remodeling, late dissolution of thrombotic material trapped behind the stent, cell necrosis, apoptosis, and allergic reaction to sirolimus.4,911
Any dilatation of the vessel lumen raises concern about progressive dilatation over time, aneurysm formation, and ultimately the potential of rupture, as is seen with aortic aneurysms. We observed 1 case of CAA in the SES-stented segment 1 year after the diagnosis of ISA. Although there was no IVUS image from the index procedure, the angiograms after the index procedure and at 6-month follow-up were similar (Figure 2). Therefore, we suspected that there was a preexisting CAA filled with thrombus at the time of the index procedure and that this thrombotic material had been resolved at 18 months. Based on the fact that elution of sirolimus from the stent struts continues for only 6 weeks, with a half-life of sirolimus in the tissue of 60 hours (R. Falotico, personal communication, 2002), sirolimus itself is unlikely to induce structural vessel wall changes in the longer term. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to rule out formation of CAA after SES implantation. It is worth noting that CAA is well known after BS implantation, balloon angioplasty, and coronary atherectomy.12,13
Excluding the aneurysm case, the vessel segment related to the incompletely apposed stent did not significantly alter in size (+1.5% change in EEMA) at late follow-up, and mean ISA area also did not significantly change. Moreover, negligible amount of NIH at late follow-up showed that the efficacy of SES in inhibiting neointimal tissue migration and proliferation was not affected by the presence of ISA. Therefore, because ISA per se was not associated with any additional adverse events, we suggest that there is no need for late mechanical correction of these cases of ISA.
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