Lukasz Tekieli, Andrej Afanasjev, Maciej Mazgaj, Vladimir Borodetsky, Kolja Sievert, Zoltan Ruzsa, Magdalena Knapik, Audrius Širvinskas, Adam Mazurek, Karolina Dzierwa, Thomas Sanczuk, Valerija Mosenko, Malgorzata Urbanczyk-Zawadzka, Mariusz Trystula, Piotr Paluszek, Lukasz Wiewiorka, Justyna Stefaniak, Piotr Pieniazek, Inga Slautaitė, Tomasz Kwiatkowski, Artūras Mackevičius, Michael Teitcher, Horst Sievert, Iris Q Grunwald, Piotr Musialek
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Abstract
Introduction: Acute carotid-related stroke (CRS), with its large thrombo-embolic load and large volume of affected brain tissue, poses significant management challenges. First generation (single-layer) carotid stents fail to insulate the athero-thrombotic material; thus they are often non-optimized (increasing thrombosis risk), yet their use is associated with a significant (20-30%) risk of new cerebral embolism.
Aim: To evaluate, in a multi-center multi-specialty investigator-initiated study, outcomes of the MicroNET-covered (cell area ≈ 0.02-0.03 mm2) carotid stent (CGuard, InspireMD) in consecutive CRS patients eligible for emergency recanalization. Treatment, other than study device use, was according to center/operator routine.
Material and methods: Seventy-five patients (age 40-89 years, 26.7% women) were enrolled in 7 interventional stroke centers.
Results: The median Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) was 9 (6-10). Study stent use was 100% (no other stent types implanted); retrograde strategy predominated (69.2%) in tandem lesions. Technical success was 100%. Post-dilatation balloon diameter was 4.0 to 8.0 mm. 89% of patients achieved final modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction (mTICI) 2b-c/3. Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor use as intraarterial (IA) bolus + intravenous (IV) infusion was an independent predictor of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (OR = 13.9, 95% CI: 5.1-84.5, p < 0.001). The mortality rate was 9.4% in-hospital and 12.2% at 90 days. Ninety-day mRS0-2 was 74.3%, mRS3-5 13.5%; stent patency was 93.2%. Heparin-limited-to-flush predicted patency loss on univariate (OR = 14.3, 95% CI: 1.5-53.1, p < 0.007) but not on multivariate analysis. Small-diameter balloon/absent post-dilatation was an independent predictor of stent patency loss (OR = 15.2, 95% CI: 5.7-73.2, p < 0.001).
Conclusions: This largest to-date study of the MicroNET-covered stent in consecutive CRS patients demonstrated a high acute angiographic success rate, high 90-day patency and favorable clinical outcomes despite variability in procedural strategies and pharmacotherapy (SAFEGUARD-STROKE NCT05195658).
期刊介绍:
Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej/Advances in Interventional Cardiology is indexed in:
Index Copernicus, Ministry of Science and Higher Education Index (MNiSW).
Advances in Interventional Cardiology is a quarterly aimed at specialists, mainly at cardiologists and cardiosurgeons.
Official journal of the Association on Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society.