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Randomized Comparison of Triple versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation |
Department of Cardiology, Chonbuk national university |
Kook-Min Kim, Hyun-Sook Kim, Yu-jeong Whang, Jei Keon Chae, Kyoung-Suk Rhee, Won Ho Kim, Jae-Ki Ko |
Background: CREST study showed significant decrease in the restenosis rate in the cilostazol group compared with the control group after bare-metal stenting. It is uncertain that cilostazol is also effective in restenosis reduction after drug eluting stents (DES) implantation. We performed a prospective randomized study to evaluate the effect of long-term administration of cilostazol after DES on the top of aspirin and clopidogrel. Methods: From June 2004 to December 2004, 210 consecutive patients with 268 lesions were randomized after DES stenting to receive aspirin and clopidogrel plus cilostazol(group I, n=105) or aspirin and clopidogrel (Group II, n=105) for 6 months. The primary end point was in-segment restenosis at 6 months and the secondary end points included late loss, major adverse cardiac events, stent thrombosis. Results: The baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics were similar between two groups. One procedure-related death occurred in Group II. During the follow-up, there were no other events except one sudden cardiac death. Six-month angiographic follow-up was performed in 76% of eligible patients. The angiographic in-segment restenosis and late loss were not different between 2 groups (Table 1). The target lesion revascularization rate was 3.2%. Conclusions: This study showed favorable clinical outcomes of triple and dual antiplatelet therapy after DES implantation. There was no significant synergy of DES and cilostazol in restenosis reduction.
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Group
I |
Group
II |
P
value |
Reference
size (mm) |
2.4 ± 0.36 |
2.6 ±
0.42 |
0.275 |
Lesion
length (mm) |
23.8 ±
12.5 |
20.9 ±
10.8 |
0.373 |
Total
stent length (mm) |
29.4 ±
11.2 |
26.7 ±
10.9 |
0.069 |
Pre
MLD (mm) |
0.60
±
0.39 |
0.67
±
0.38 |
0.621 |
Post
MLD (mm) |
2.80
±
0.37 |
2.86
±
0.39 |
0.742 |
FU
MLD (mm) |
2.28±0.86 |
2.36±0.79 |
0.824 |
Late
loss (mm) |
0.30±0.49 |
0.52±0.72 |
0.370 |
In-stent
restenosis (%) |
10.1 |
9.7 |
0.934 |
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