EurointerventionPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-24-00295
Yundai Chen, Lei Gao, Qin Qin, Jun Zhang, Shaobin Jia, Mingxing Wu, Yong He, Guosheng Fu, Jinghua Liu, Hui Chen, Qian Tong, Zaixin Yu, Jian An, Chunguang Qiu, Biao Xu, Yu Cao, Changqian Wang, Genshan Ma
{"title":"Biolimus-coated versus paclitaxel-coated balloons for coronary in-stent restenosis (BIO ASCEND ISR): a randomised, non-inferiority trial.","authors":"Yundai Chen, Lei Gao, Qin Qin, Jun Zhang, Shaobin Jia, Mingxing Wu, Yong He, Guosheng Fu, Jinghua Liu, Hui Chen, Qian Tong, Zaixin Yu, Jian An, Chunguang Qiu, Biao Xu, Yu Cao, Changqian Wang, Genshan Ma","doi":"10.4244/EIJ-D-24-00295","DOIUrl":"10.4244/EIJ-D-24-00295","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR) after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation remains challenging in current clinical practice.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The study was conducted to investigate a novel biolimus-coated balloon (BCB) for the treatment of coronary DES-ISR compared with the best-investigated paclitaxel-coated balloon (PCB).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a prospective, multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority trial comparing a novel BCB with a clinically proven PCB for coronary DES-ISR. The primary endpoint was in-segment late lumen loss (LLL) at 9 months assessed by an independent core laboratory. Baseline and follow-up optical coherence tomography were performed in a prespecified subgroup of patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 280 patients at 17 centres were randomised to treatment with a BCB (n=140) versus a PCB (n=140). At 9 months, LLL in the BCB group was 0.23±0.37 mm compared to 0.25±0.35 mm in the PCB group; the mean difference between the groups was -0.02 (95% confidence interval [CI]: -0.12 to 0.07) mm; p-value for non-inferiority<0.0001. Similar clinical outcomes were also observed for both groups at 12 months. In the optical coherence tomography substudy, the neointimal area at 9 months was 2.32±1.04 mm<sup>2</sup> in the BCB group compared to 2.37±0.93 mm<sup>2</sup> in the PCB group; the mean difference between the groups was -0.09 (95% CI: -0.94 to 0.76) mm<sup>2</sup>; p=non-significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This head-to-head comparison of a novel BCB shows similar angiographic outcomes in the treatment of coronary DES-ISR compared with a clinically proven PCB. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04733443).</p>","PeriodicalId":54378,"journal":{"name":"Eurointervention","volume":" ","pages":"e806-e817"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11200665/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140923945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurointerventionPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-01073
Anna van Veelen, I Tarik Küçük, Hector M Garcia-Garcia, Federico H Fuentes, Yirga Kahsay, Ronak Delewi, Marcel A M Beijk, Alexander W den Hartog, Maik J Grundeken, M Marije Vis, José P S Henriques, Bimmer E P M Claessen
{"title":"Paclitaxel-coated balloons for vulnerable lipid-rich plaques.","authors":"Anna van Veelen, I Tarik Küçük, Hector M Garcia-Garcia, Federico H Fuentes, Yirga Kahsay, Ronak Delewi, Marcel A M Beijk, Alexander W den Hartog, Maik J Grundeken, M Marije Vis, José P S Henriques, Bimmer E P M Claessen","doi":"10.4244/EIJ-D-23-01073","DOIUrl":"10.4244/EIJ-D-23-01073","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54378,"journal":{"name":"Eurointervention","volume":"20 13","pages":"e826-e830"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11215479/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141472632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predictors of target lesion failure after percutaneous coronary intervention with a drug-coated balloon for de novo lesions.","authors":"Tetsumin Lee, Takashi Ashikaga, Toshihiro Nozato, Yasutoshi Nagata, Masakazu Kaneko, Ryoichi Miyazaki, Toru Misawa, Yuta Taomoto, Shinichiro Okata, Masashi Nagase, Tomoki Horie, Mao Terui, Daigo Kachi, Yuki Odanaka, Kazuki Matsuda, Michihito Naito, Ayaka Koido, Taishi Yonetsu, Tetsuo Sasano","doi":"10.4244/EIJ-D-23-01006","DOIUrl":"10.4244/EIJ-D-23-01006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There are limited data about determinant factors of target lesion failure (TLF) in lesions after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using a drug-coated balloon (DCB) for de novo coronary artery lesions, including optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The present study aims to investigate the associated factors of TLF in de novo coronary artery lesions with DCB treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively enrolled 328 de novo coronary artery lesions in 328 patients who had undergone PCI with a DCB. All lesions had been treated without a stent, and both pre- and post-PCI OCT had been carried out. Patients were divided into two groups, with or without TLF, which was defined as a composite of culprit lesion-related cardiac death, myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularisation, and the associated factors of TLF were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At the median follow-up period of 460 days, TLF events occurred in 31 patients (9.5%) and were associated with patients requiring haemodialysis (HD; 29.0% vs 10.8%), with a severely calcified lesion (median maximum calcium arc 215° vs 104°), and with the absence of OCT medial dissection (16.1% vs 60.9%) as opposed to those without TLF events. In Cox multivariable logistic regression analysis, HD (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.26, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.00-5.11; p=0.049), maximum calcium arc (per 90°, HR: 1.34, 95% CI: 1.05-1.72; p=0.02), and the absence of post-PCI medial dissection on OCT (HR: 8.24, 95% CI: 3.15-21.6; p<0.001) were independently associated with TLF.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In de novo coronary artery lesions that received DCB treatment, factors associated with TLF were being on HD, the presence of a severely calcified lesion, and the absence of post-PCI medial dissection.</p>","PeriodicalId":54378,"journal":{"name":"Eurointervention","volume":"20 13","pages":"e818-e825"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11200664/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141472633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurointerventionPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00035
Robert A Byrne, Rory Durand
{"title":"Angioplasty with drug-coated balloon catheters: the coming tide?","authors":"Robert A Byrne, Rory Durand","doi":"10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00035","DOIUrl":"10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54378,"journal":{"name":"Eurointervention","volume":"20 13","pages":"e786-e788"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11201001/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurointerventionPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00036
Tom Adriaenssens, Johan Bennett
{"title":"Aggressive predilatation seeking medial dissection: a prerequisite for a drug-coated balloon-only strategy in de novo coronary lesions?","authors":"Tom Adriaenssens, Johan Bennett","doi":"10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00036","DOIUrl":"10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54378,"journal":{"name":"Eurointervention","volume":"20 13","pages":"e789-e790"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11200906/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurointerventionPub Date : 2024-06-17DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00029
Toby Rogers, Lior Lupu
{"title":"Role of leaflet modification in TAVI: to prevent coronary obstruction only or potentially a routine practice?","authors":"Toby Rogers, Lior Lupu","doi":"10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00029","DOIUrl":"10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54378,"journal":{"name":"Eurointervention","volume":"20 12","pages":"e733-e734"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11163434/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurointerventionPub Date : 2024-06-17DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00032
Derek J Hausenloy, Heerajnarain Bulluck
{"title":"Therapeutic hypothermia to reduce infarct size in STEMI: time to give it the cold shoulder?","authors":"Derek J Hausenloy, Heerajnarain Bulluck","doi":"10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00032","DOIUrl":"10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54378,"journal":{"name":"Eurointervention","volume":"20 12","pages":"e731-e732"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11163435/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurointerventionPub Date : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-24-00137
David R Holmes, Mohamad Alkhouli
{"title":"Left atrial appendage occlusion: are we targeting the right patients?","authors":"David R Holmes, Mohamad Alkhouli","doi":"10.4244/EIJ-D-24-00137","DOIUrl":"10.4244/EIJ-D-24-00137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54378,"journal":{"name":"Eurointervention","volume":"20 11","pages":"e688-e689"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11145305/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141263419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurointerventionPub Date : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00022
Nils P Johnson, K Lance Gould
{"title":"Epicardial inflow versus myocardial distribution: average regional transmural coronary flow is not enough.","authors":"Nils P Johnson, K Lance Gould","doi":"10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00022","DOIUrl":"10.4244/EIJ-E-24-00022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54378,"journal":{"name":"Eurointervention","volume":"20 11","pages":"e684-e685"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11145308/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}