These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Full Metal Jacket With Drug-Eluting Stents for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion.
    Author: Lee PH, Lee SW, Yun SC, Bae J, Ahn JM, Park DW, Kang SJ, Kim YH, Lee CW, Park SW, Park SJ.
    Journal: JACC Cardiovasc Interv; 2017 Jul 24; 10(14):1405-1412. PubMed ID: 28668311.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes and predictors of adverse events following successful "full metal jacket" (FMJ) (stent length ≥60 mm without gap) procedures using drug-eluting stents to treat coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs). BACKGROUND: The FMJ stenting procedure is often required to treat CTOs, but its clinical efficacy and safety remain unknown. METHODS: In total, 1,126 successful CTO procedures (1,107 consecutive patients) performed between May 2003 and March 2015 were studied. The primary endpoint was target lesion failure, a composite of cardiac death, target vessel-related myocardial infarction, or target lesion revascularization or reocclusion. RESULTS: Overall, 406 patients (36.7%) underwent the FMJ procedure, increasing in frequency over time (28.5% from 2003 to 2006 and 41.7% after 2011). The mean stent length was 76.8 ± 14.6 mm (range 60 to 122 mm), and the average number of stent overlaps was 2.5 ± 0.6 (range 2 to 4). A total of 127 patients (31.3%) had persistent luminal narrowing at the distal reference segment after stenting. During the median follow-up period of 5.1 years, target lesion failure occurred in 16.0% of patients. There were 17 cases of total reocclusion and 5 cases of stent thrombosis. Multivariate analysis confirmed that the number of implanted stents (hazard ratio: 1.72; 95% confidence interval: 1.16 to 2.54; p = 0.006) and persistent distal luminal narrowing (hazard ratio: 2.73; 95% confidence interval: 1.66 to 4.47; p < 0.001) were predictors of increased risk for target lesion failure. CONCLUSIONS: The FMJ procedure using drug-eluting stents for CTOs provides acceptable long-term clinical results. Persistent distal luminal narrowing increases the future likelihood of adverse events despite procedural success.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]