2018
Optical coherence tomography substudy of a prospective multicentre randomised post-market trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of the Firehawk cobalt-chromium coronary stent (rapamycin target-eluting) system for the treatment of atherosclerotic lesions: TARGET All Comers.
Baumbach A, Lansky AJ, Onuma Y, Asano T, Johnson T, Anderson R, Kiemeneij F, Zheng M, Van Royen N, Slagboom T, Vlachojannis G, Xu B, Serruys P, Wijns W. Optical coherence tomography substudy of a prospective multicentre randomised post-market trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of the Firehawk cobalt-chromium coronary stent (rapamycin target-eluting) system for the treatment of atherosclerotic lesions: TARGET All Comers. EuroIntervention 2018, 14: 1121-1128. PMID: 29901441, DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-18-00226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptical coherence tomography substudyPrimary endpointProspective multicentreStrut coveragePost-market trialDP-DESNeointimal thicknessDurable polymer drug-eluting stentsComers patient populationComplete strut coverageLate DES thrombosisSirolimus-eluting stentsStent strut coverageMean neointimal thicknessCoronary stent systemDrug-eluting stentsOCT substudyConsecutive patientsDES thrombosisPersistent inflammationPatient populationBP-DESNeointimal coverageEndothelial healingAtherosclerotic lesions
2015
Randomised study of a bioabsorbable polymer-coated sirolimus-eluting stent: results of the DESSOLVE II trial.
Wijns W, Vrolix M, Verheye S, Schoors D, Slagboom T, Gosselink M, Benit E, Donohoe D, Knape C, Attizzani GF, Lansky AJ, Ormiston J. Randomised study of a bioabsorbable polymer-coated sirolimus-eluting stent: results of the DESSOLVE II trial. EuroIntervention 2015, 10: 1383-90. PMID: 24801119, DOI: 10.4244/eijy14m05_03.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZotarolimus-eluting stentsLate lumen lossStent late lumen lossOptical coherence tomographyII trialMajor adverse cardiac eventsMean late lumen lossClinical safety endpointPrimary efficacy hypothesisAdverse cardiac eventsPrimary efficacy endpointStent thrombosis ratesMean neointimal thicknessSirolimus-eluting stentsQuantitative coronary angiographyZES patientsEfficacy endpointPrimary endpointSafety endpointVolume obstructionCardiac eventsCoronary angiographyThrombosis rateZES groupStrut coverage
2011
Strut Coverage and Late Malapposition With Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Compared With Bare Metal Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Guagliumi G, Costa MA, Sirbu V, Musumeci G, Bezerra HG, Suzuki N, Matiashvili A, Lortkipanidze N, Mihalcsik L, Trivisonno A, Valsecchi O, Mintz GS, Dressler O, Parise H, Maehara A, Cristea E, Lansky AJ, Mehran R, Stone GW. Strut Coverage and Late Malapposition With Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Compared With Bare Metal Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 2011, 123: 274-281. PMID: 21220730, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.110.963181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionPaclitaxel-eluting stentsBare metal stentsOptical coherence tomographyStrut coverageCoherence tomographyBMS lesionsMyocardial infarctionPE lesionsStent strutsMetal stentsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionAcute Myocardial Infarction trialMyocardial Infarction trialPrespecified end pointElevation myocardial infarctionIndependent core laboratoryPercutaneous coronary interventionStent strut coverageAcute myocardial infarctionSubsequent stent thrombosisDrug-eluting stentsFormal substudyHarmonizing OutcomesStent assignment