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Multivessel Palmaz-Schatz stenting: early results and one-year outcome
1Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Insights
Multivessel Palmaz-Schatz stenting in selected patients shows excellent early results and a favorable 1-year outcome, with high survival rates and manageable complications. Native coronary stenting offered better event-free survival than saphenous vein graft stenting.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
- Medical Devices
Background:
- Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is standard for single-vessel disease.
- Multivessel PTCA has good early results but often requires repeat revascularization.
- Palmaz-Schatz stenting improves success and reduces restenosis in single-vessel disease.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the outcomes of multivessel Palmaz-Schatz stenting.
- To assess both short- and long-term results in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease.
Main Methods:
- 103 patients underwent stenting of 212 vessels (saphenous vein grafts, native coronary arteries).
- 85% had same-procedure multivessel stenting; 15% had staged procedures.
- Stenting focused on native coronary arteries or vein grafts.
Main Results:
- 99% angiographic success with low major complications (1 death, 2 Q-wave MIs).
- 1-year survival was 98%, with 80% event-free survival (17% repeat revascularization).
- Native coronary stenting showed better event-free survival than vein graft stenting.
Conclusions:
- Multivessel Palmaz-Schatz stenting is feasible in selected patients.
- The procedure demonstrates excellent early results and favorable 1-year clinical outcomes.
- This technique offers a viable option for multivessel coronary artery disease management.
Objectives:
To determine whether the benefits outlined in Background might extend to patients with multivessel disease, we examined the short- and long-term outcome of multivessel Palmaz-Schatz stenting.
Background:
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has become the dominant treatment for most patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease and has emerged as an alternative treatment for selected patients with multivessel coronary artery disease. Although multivessel angioplasty has excellent early results and low procedural complication rates, long-term outcome is tempered by the frequent need for repeat revascularization. In patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease, Palmaz-Schatz stenting has been shown to have a higher success rate and a lower restenosis rate than conventional PTCA.
Methods:
A total of 103 patients (mean age 64 +/- 11 years, 78 men and 25 women) underwent stenting of 212 vessels (saphenous vein graft [53%], left anterior descending coronary artery [20%], left circumflex artery [12%] and right coronary artery [15%]). In 88 patients (85%), multivessel stenting was performed during the same procedure, whereas the remaining 15 patients (15%) had staged multivessel stenting within 1 week of the index stent. Stenting involved only native coronary arteries in 33 patients and only vein grafts in 51 patients.
Results:
Angiographic success was achieved in 102 patients (99%). Major complications developed in three patients: one patient died, and two patients had Q wave myocardial infarction, with no emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery or stent thrombosis. Eleven additional patients (11%) developed non-Q wave myocardial infarction, and nine patients (9%) had local vascular complications requiring surgical repair. Clinical follow-up was available in all patients at a mean of 13 +/- 8 months. At 1 year, survival was 98%, with an event-free survival rate of 80%, reflecting predominantly repeat revascularization (17% overall, with 9% target site revascularization). Multivessel native coronary stenting resulted in a higher event-free survival rate and a lower probability of repeat revascularization than did multivessel saphenous vein graft stenting.
Conclusions:
In selected patients, multivessel Palmaz-Schatz stenting is technically feasible and carries both excellent early results and favorable 1-year clinical outcome.