OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term clinical and angiographic profile of sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) versus paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES) in patients undergoing percutaneous intervention for left main (LM) coronary disease. BACKGROUND: The long-term clinical and angiographic impact of SES as opposed to PES implantation in this subset of patients is unknown. METHODS: From April 2002 to March 2004, 110 patients underwent percutaneous intervention for LM stenosis at our institution; 55 patients were treated with SES and 55 with PES. The two groups were well balanced for all baseline characteristics. RESULTS: At a median follow-up of 660 days (range 428 to 885), the cumulative incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events was similar (25% in the SES group vs. 29%, in the PES group; hazard ratio 0.88 [95% confidence interval 0.43 to 1.82]; p = 0.74), reflecting similarities in both the composite death/myocardial infarction (16% in the SES group and 18% in the PES group) and target vessel revascularization (9% in the SES group and 11% in the PES group). Angiographic in-stent late loss (mm), evaluated in 73% of the SES group and in 77% of the PES group, was 0.32 ± 74 in the main and 0.36 ± 0.59 in the side branch in the SES group vs. 0.46 ± 0.57 (p = 0.36) and 0.52 ± 0.42 (p = 0.41) in the PES group, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous LM intervention, PES may perform closely to SES both in terms of angiographic and long-term clinical outcome.

doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.040, hdl.handle.net/1765/58277
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

Valgimigli, M., Malagutti, P., Aoki, J., Garcia-Garcia, H., Rodriguez-Granillo, G., van Mieghem, C., … Serruys, P. (2006). Sirolimus-eluting versus paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation for the percutaneous treatment of left main coronary artery disease: A combined RESEARCH and T-SEARCH long-term analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 47(3), 507–514. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.040