BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to compare healing (assessed by optical coherence tomography [OCT]) of biolimus A9 (BES) and everolimus drug-eluting stents (EES) at 9-month follow-up in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI). Nine-month clinical and angiographic data were also compared in both groups as well as clinical data at 5 years of follow-up. METHODS: A total of 201 patients with STEMI were enrolled in the study and randomized either to pPCI with BES or EES implantation. All patients were scheduled for 9 months of angiographic and OCT follow-up. RESULTS: The rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) was comparable at 9 months in both groups (5% in BES vs. 6% in the EES group; p = 0.87). Angiographic data were also comparable between both groups. The main finding at 9-month OCT analysis was the greatly reduced extent of mean neointimal area at the cost of a higher proportion of uncovered struts in the BES group (1.3 mm² vs. 0.9 mm²; p = 0.0001 and 15.9% vs. 7.0%; p = 0.0001, respectively). At 5 years of clinical follow-up the rate of MACE was comparable between both groups (16.8% vs. 14.0%, p = 0.74). CONCLUSIONS: The study demonstrates a very low rate of MACE and good 9-month stent strut coverage of second-generation BES and EES in patients with STEMI. BES showed greatly reduced extent of mean neointimal hyperplasia area at the cost of a higher proportion of uncovered struts when compared to EES. The rate of MACE was low and comparable in both groups at 5 years.

Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine University Hospital Brno Czech Republic

Department of Cardiology Krajska Zdravotni a s Masaryk Hospital and UJEP Usti nad Labem Czech Republic

Department of Emergency Medicine University Hospital in Hradec Kralove Czech Republic

Department of Military Internal Medicine and Military Hygiene Faculty of Military Health Sciences University of Defense Hradec Kralove Czech Republic

Department of Statistical Modelling Institute of Computer Science Czech Academy of Science Prague Czech Republic

Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland United States

Medical Faculty of Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic

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