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Do drug-eluting stents reduce major adverse cardiac events in diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention compared to bare metal stents?
Do drug-eluting stents reduce major adverse cardiac events in diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention compared to bare metal stents?
While unadjusted outcomes favored drug-eluting stents over bare metal stents in diabetic patients undergoing PCI, this benefit was not independently significant after adjusting for confounders such as chronic kidney disease and acute coronary syndrome.
No independent MACE benefit from DES after adjustment in diabetic PCI; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Percutaneous revascularization in diabetic is frequent and the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) is desirable, since they reduce restenosis and the need for repeat revascularization. The objective of this study was to compare the long-term outcomes of diabetic patients treated with and without DES. A consecutive cohort of diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between January 2009 and December 2012 in a public tertiary hospital was prospectively followed-up. Nine hundred and thirty-nine diabetic patients (38.3%) treated with DES and 580 (61.7%) treated with bare metal stents (BMS) were evaluated. The rate of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in 12.6 ± 3.4 months was greater in the BMS group (9.5% vs. 14.8%; RR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.07-2.27; P = 0.02), as well as death (2.8% vs. 6.7%; RR, 2.41; 95% CI, 1.22-4.77; P < 0.01), and target vessel revascularization (3.9% vs. 7.2%; RR, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.03-3.35; P = 0.04). There were no differences in the incidence of myocardial infarction (1.7% vs. 0.5%; RR, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.07-1.23; P = 0.08) or stroke (1.1% vs. 0.2%; RR, 0.15; 95% CI, 0.01-1.37; P = 0.07). Multivariate analysis indicated that chronic kidney disease (RR, 2.05; 95% CI, 1.40-2.98; P < 0.01) and acute coronary syndrome (RR, 2.08; 95% CI 1.42-3.02; P < 0.01) were the only independent predictors of MACE. In non-selected diabetic patients the long-term clinical outcome was worse for patients treated with BMS. After adjusting for confounding variables, the use of DES was not an independent predictor of reduced MACE. Evolução Clínica de Pacientes Diabéticos Tratados por Intervenção Coronária Percutânea Utilizando Stents Com e Sem Eluição de Fármacos A revascularização percutânea de diabéticos é frequente e a utilização de stents farmacológicos (SF) é desejável, pois estes reduzem a reestenose e a necessidade de nova revascularização. O objetivo desse estudo foi comparar os resultados clínicos de longo prazo entre diabéticos tratados com e sem SF. Analisou-se uma coorte consecutiva de diabéticos submetidos à intervenção coronária percutânea (ICP) entre janeiro de 2009 e dezembro de 2012, em hospital terciário da rede pública. Esses pacientes foram acompanhados prospectivamente. Avaliamos 939 diabéticos, sendo 359 (38,3%) tratados com SF e 580 (61,7%) tratados com stents não farmacológicos (SNF). A taxa de eventos cardiovasculares adversos maiores (ECAM) em 12,6 ± 3,4 meses foi maior no grupo SNF (9,5% vs. 14,8%; risco relativo – RR = 1,56; intervalo de confiança de 95% – IC 95% 1,07-2,27; P = 0,02), assim como o óbito (2,8% vs. 6,7%; RR = 2,41; IC 95% 1,22-4,77; P < 0,01) e a revascularização do vaso alvo (3,9% vs. 7,2%; RR = 1,85; IC 95% 1,03-3,35; P = 0,04). Não foram observadas diferenças na incidência de infarto do miocárdio (1,7% vs. 0,5%; RR = 0,30; IC 95% 0,07-1,23; P = 0,08) ou acidente vascular encefálico (1,1% vs. 0,2%; RR = 0,15; IC 95% 0,01-1,37; P = 0,07). A análise multivariada revelou que a doença renal crônica (RR = 2,05; IC 95% 1,40-2,98; P < 0,01) e a síndrome coronária aguda (RR = 2,08; IC 95% 1,42-3,02; P < 0,01) foram os únicos preditores independentes de ECAM. Em pacientes diabéticos não selecionados, a evolução clínica tardia foi pior para os tratados com SNF. Após o ajuste das variáveis de confusão, o uso de SF não se mostrou preditor independente da redução de ECAM.
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