PMID- 30601191 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190506 LR - 20190506 IS - 1558-2035 (Electronic) IS - 1558-2027 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 3 DP - 2019 Mar TI - Stent malapposition, strut coverage and atherothrombotic prolapse after percutaneous coronary interventions in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. PG - 122-130 LID - 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000749 [doi] AB - AIMS: Stent implantation in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients can be challenging and sometimes associated with immediate and long-term suboptimal results. Stent malapposition and strut uncoverage, predictors of stent thrombosis, are frequently detected in STEMI patients at medium/long-term follow-up. Nevertheless, data at a short follow-up are missing. We aimed to assess the extent of stent malapposition and struts coverage in the subacute phase of STEMI after stent implantation in primary or rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS: STEMI patients undergone primary or rescue PCI and scheduled for a second coronary angiography after 2-7 days were enrolled. During the second procedure, frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) was performed to assess percentage of malapposed struts (MS%), percentage area of malapposition (MA%), percentage of uncovered struts (US%), percentage area of atherothrombotic prolapse (PA%) and optical coherence tomography thrombus score (OCT-TS). RESULTS: Twenty patients were included and 21 stents (19 865 struts) were evaluated. Strut uncoverage was relatively limited [US% = 11.1 (8.1-13.6) %]. Stent malapposition was observed frequently, even if at low degree [MS% = 6.4 (3.3-13.3) %, MA% = 1.80 (0.46-2.76) %] as well as atherothrombotic prolapse [PA% = 0.09 (0.00-1.06) %]. Both MA% and PA% were significantly related to residual OCT-TS (R = -0.52, P = 0.02 and R = 0.71, P < 0.001, respectively), use of thrombolysis (P = 0.001 and P = 0.004, respectively) and time elapsed from PCI to FD-OCT analysis (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: In the subacute phase after stenting in STEMI patients, strut uncoverage is relatively limited, while stent malapposition and atherothrombotic prolapse are common albeit limited features. Residual thrombus burden influences the degree of both stent malapposition and atherothrombotic prolapse. FAU - Leone, Antonio Maria AU - Leone AM AD - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. FAU - Rebuzzi, Antonio Giuseppe AU - Rebuzzi AG AD - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. AD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. FAU - Burzotta, Francesco AU - Burzotta F AD - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. AD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. FAU - De Maria, Giovanni Luigi AU - De Maria GL AD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. FAU - Gardi, Andrea AU - Gardi A AD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. FAU - Basile, Eloisa AU - Basile E AD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. FAU - Cialdella, Pio AU - Cialdella P AD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. FAU - D'Amario, Domenico AU - D'Amario D AD - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. FAU - Paraggio, Lazzaro AU - Paraggio L AD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. FAU - Porto, Italo AU - Porto I AD - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. FAU - Aurigemma, Cristina AU - Aurigemma C AD - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. FAU - Niccoli, Giampaolo AU - Niccoli G AD - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. AD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. FAU - Trani, Carlo AU - Trani C AD - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. AD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. FAU - Crea, Filippo AU - Crea F AD - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. AD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Observational Study PL - United States TA - J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) JT - Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.) JID - 101259752 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Coronary Angiography MH - Coronary Artery Disease/diagnostic imaging/*surgery MH - Coronary Thrombosis/diagnostic imaging/*surgery MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/*adverse effects/*instrumentation MH - Prospective Studies MH - Prosthesis Design MH - Risk Factors MH - ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction/diagnostic imaging/*surgery MH - *Stents MH - Time Factors MH - Tomography, Optical Coherence MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2019/01/03 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/07 06:00 CRDT- 2019/01/03 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/03 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000749 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2019 Mar;20(3):122-130. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000749.