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Comparison of in-stent neoatherosclerosis and tissue characteristics between early and late in-stent restenosis in second-generation drug-eluting stents: an optical coherence tomography study

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Optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) was utilized to compare the prevalence of neoatherosclerosis (NA) and morphological characteristics of the neointimal tissue in second generation drug eluting stent (G2-DES)-treated lesions between early (<1 year, E-ISR) and late (>1 year, L-ISR) in-stent restenotic phases. Data comparing NA and in vivo tissue characteristics between early and late in-stent restenosis (ISR) after implantation of G2-DES is limited. An OFDI analysis was performed in 50 G2-DESs {35 everolimus-eluting stent [22 cobalt-chromium (CoCr), 13 platinum-chromium (PtCr)], and 15 biolimus-eluting stent [BES]} ISR lesions (46 consecutive patients) undergoing target lesion revascularization, classified as E-ISR (n = 22 lesion) and L-ISR (n = 28 lesion). NA, defined as a neointima formation containing lipids or calcification was observed in fewer than half (24/50) of all ISR lesions with no significant difference between E-ISR and L-ISR lesions (50 vs. 46.4%, p = 0.8). There were also no significant differences in the morphological appearance and tissue characteristics between E-ISR and L-ISR lesions. ISR was more likely to occur earlier [median 8.6 (8.3–8.9) months] after PtCr-EES implantations (12 lesions vs. 1, p < 0.001), while 3/4 of the BES ISR lesions and more than 2/3 of the CoCr-EES ISR lesions were observed after 1 year of implantation [median 21.3 (20.7–27.5) months, p < 0.001]. Acknowledging some limitations, our observations may suggest that the prevalence of neoatherosclerosis and the morphological appearance, and tissue characteristics of G2-DESs restenotic lesions are similar between the early and late restenotic phases. Certain platforms (PtCr-EESs) may have preferentially presented with early ISR.

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Dr. Sabbah was supported by a governmental scholarship for interventional cardiology training and research from Suez Canal University, Egypt.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Kilo 4.5 Round road, Ismailia, Egypt

    Mahmoud Sabbah, Hanan M. Kamal, Ahmed-Tageldien Abdellah & Ahmed El Hawary

  2. Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan

    Mahmoud Sabbah & Kazushige Kadota

  3. Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Port-Said University, Port-Said, Egypt

    Azza El-Eraky

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Sabbah, M., Kadota, K., El-Eraky, A. et al. Comparison of in-stent neoatherosclerosis and tissue characteristics between early and late in-stent restenosis in second-generation drug-eluting stents: an optical coherence tomography study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 33, 1463–1472 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-017-1146-7

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