Ann Acad Med Singap
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Ann Acad Med Singap · Jun 2012
Medium to long-term clinical outcomes with everolimus-eluting stents in real-life percutaneous coronary intervention.
Everolimus eluting stents (EES) have demonstrated excellent re-stenosis and thrombosis rates in a number of randomised controlled trials. This study reported the real world experience in a single tertiary centre with EES in predominantly acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients and compared the outcomes in small and large vessels. We measured the medium to long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) defined as all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction (MI) and target vessel revascularisation (TVR) and stent thrombosis. ⋯ Everolimus eluting stent appears to be safe in a real world setting with satisfactory median-term outcomes which include low rates of TVR and other adverse events. EES appear to be equally effective in both small and large vessels.