Comparison of clinical outcomes between bioresorbable vascular stents versus conventional drug-eluting and metallic stents: A systematic review and meta-analysis

MacIej Banach, Maria Corina Serban, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Hector M. García-García, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Seth S. Martin, Daniel Brie, Jacek Rysz, Peter P. Toth, Steven R. Jones, Rani K. Hasan, Svetlana Mosteoru, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Michael J. Pencina, Patrick W. Serruys

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Abstract

Aims: Several studies have suggested good procedural and similar clinical outcomes between everolimus-eluting Absorb bioresorbable stents (BRS) versus conventional drug-eluting stents (DES), but the evidence is not definitive. Our aim was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the effects of BRS versus conventional drug-eluting and bare metallic stents on the cardiovascular endpoints and all-cause mortality. Methods and results: The follow-up in the included studies was up to 13 months. The following endpoints were evaluated: all-cause mortality, cardiac death, patient-oriented major adverse cardiac events (POCE), device-oriented major adverse cardiac events (DOCE), any-cause myocardial infarction (MI), target vessel MI (TVMI), target vessel revascularisation (TVR) and target lesion revascularisation (TLR). The results of 10 studies with 5,773 subjects showed a statistically significant increase in the risk of TVMI between BRS and conventional stents (odds ratio [OR]: 1.45, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.03-2.05, p=0.032). None of the other differences reached statistical significance: all-cause mortality (OR: 0.67, 95% CI: 0.30-1.49, p=0.333), cardiac death (OR: 1.00, 95% CI: 0.47-2.12, p=0.996), POCE (OR: 0.91, 95% CI: 0.68-1.22, p=0.546), DOCE (OR: 1.12, 95% CI: 0.86-1.46, p=0.387), any-cause MI (OR: 1.34, 95% CI: 0.98-1.82, p=0.064), TVR (OR: 0.99, 95% CI: 0.73-1.33, p=0.934) and TLR (OR: 0.92, 95% CI: 0.66-1.29, p=0.641). Similar results were observed after restricting the meta-analysis to the comparison of BRS vs. EES. Conclusions: Our meta-analysis suggests a significantly higher risk of TVMI with BRS compared with conventional stents and no significant differences in the rates of occurrence of the other outcomes during one-year follow-up. Further studies with larger samples sizes, longer follow-up, different clinical scenarios and more complex lesions are required to confirm or refute our findings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)e175-e189
JournalEuroIntervention
Volume12
Issue number2
StatePublished - Jun 2016

Keywords

  • Absorb BRS
  • Bioresorbable vascular stents
  • Drug-eluting stents

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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