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Published in: Heart and Vessels 3/2013

01-05-2013 | Original Article

Comparison of inflammatory response after implantation of sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients on hemodialysis

Authors: Hideki Yano, Shigeo Horinaka, Hiroshi Yagi, Toshihiko Ishimitsu

Published in: Heart and Vessels | Issue 3/2013

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Abstract

Because systemic inflammation after coronary intervention places patients at increased risk of subsequent cardiac events, we aimed to compare clinical outcomes and chronic serum inflammation markers of paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) and sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) in hemodialysis patients. Paclitaxel-eluting stents and SES were implanted in 36 patients with 46 lesions, and 32 patients with 40 lesions, respectively. In addition to 1-year major adverse cardiac event (MACE) rates, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), neopterin, intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) were also compared before and 9 months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The incidence of MACE was significantly lower in the PES group than in the SES group (11.1 vs. 25.0 %, respectively, P = 0.042), mainly due to the reduction of target lesion revascularization in the PES group (6.5 vs. 17.5 %, P = 0.003). The logarithm of hs-CRP as well as IL-6 decreased significantly 9 months post-PCI compared with pre-PCI in the PES group (hs-CRP: 3.65 ± 0.35 vs. 2.91 ± 0.48, P = 0.007; IL-6: 6.73 ± 3.66 vs. 2.61 ± 2.29, P = 0.017) but not in the SES group (hs-CRP: 3.33 ± 0.29 vs. 3.42 ± 0.27, P not significant; IL-6: 6.08 ± 4.97 vs. 5.66 ± 4.29, P not significant). However, neopterin, ICAM-1, and VCAM-1 remained unchanged both pre-PCI and 9 months post-PCI in both groups. Moreover, MACE were less frequent in patients with decreased hs-CRP levels 9 months post-PCI compared with patients without decreased hs-CRP levels (P = 0.002) in all patients. Paclitaxel-eluting stents appear to be more effective than SES in reducing MACE rates, especially target lesion revascularization, and may be able to stabilize local inflammatory changes of target lesions specifically in patients on hemodialysis. Thus PES, which inhibit in-stent restenosis and cardiac events in hemodialysis patients, may play an important role in suppression of chronic inflammatory response in target lesions as compared with SES. Chronic continuous inflammation plays an important role after implantation of both types of stent with regard to in-stent restenosis in patients on hemodialysis.
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Metadata
Title
Comparison of inflammatory response after implantation of sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients on hemodialysis
Authors
Hideki Yano
Shigeo Horinaka
Hiroshi Yagi
Toshihiko Ishimitsu
Publication date
01-05-2013
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Heart and Vessels / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0910-8327
Electronic ISSN: 1615-2573
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-012-0250-9

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