Stent thrombosis: insights on outcomes, predictors and impact of dual antiplatelet therapy interruption from the SPIRIT II, SPIRIT III, SPIRIT IV and COMPARE trials.
Kedhi E, Stone G, Kereiakes D, Serruys P, Parise H, Fahy M, Simonton C, Sudhir K, Sood P, Smits P. Stent thrombosis: insights on outcomes, predictors and impact of dual antiplatelet therapy interruption from the SPIRIT II, SPIRIT III, SPIRIT IV and COMPARE trials. EuroIntervention 2012, 8: 599-606. PMID: 22995087, DOI: 10.4244/eijv8i5a92.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDAPT discontinuationCardiac deathSPIRIT IIST ratesDual antiplatelet therapy discontinuationDual antiplatelet therapy interruptionSPIRIT IIIAntiplatelet therapy discontinuationAntiplatelet therapy interruptionLarge pooled analysisRandomised clinical trialsTwo-year ratePatient-level databaseLog-rank testPES cohortTherapy discontinuationTherapy interruptionRandomised trialsStent thrombosisPaclitaxel-eluting stent deploymentPooled analysisClinical trialsDiscontinuationStent deploymentComposite rate