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Rotational atherectomy does not reduce recurrent in-stent restenosis: results of the angioplasty versus rotational atherectomy for treatment of diffuse in-stent restenosis trial (ARTIST)
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 05.02.2002
vom Dahl Juergen, Reineke Thorsten, Hoffmann Rainer, Hamm Christian W, Garcia Eulogio, Ramsdale David R, Commeau Philippe, Thomas Martyn, Schiele François, Buettner Hans Juergen, Niccoli Luigi, Silber Sigmund, Haager Philipp K., Dietz Ulrich, Klues Heinrich G
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BACKGROUND: Aim of this trial was to compare rotational atherectomy followed by balloon angioplasty (rotablation [ROTA] group) with balloon angioplasty (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty [PTCA] group) alone in patients with diffuse in-stent restenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS: The ARTIST study is a multicenter, randomized, prospective European trial with 298 patients with in-stent restenosis>70% (mean lesion length, 14 +/- 8 mm) in stents, implanted in coronary arteries for >/= 3 months. In the PTCA group, angioplasty was performed at the discretion of the local investigator, and rotablation was performed by using a stepped-burr approach followed by adjunctive PTCA with low (= 6 atm) inflation pressure. Intravascular ultrasound during the intervention and at follow-up was used in a substudy in 86 patients (45 PTCA, 41 ROTA). Angiography demonstrated no difference regarding the short-term outcome, with equivalent procedural success rates defined as remaining stenosis <30% (89% PTCA, 88% ROTA). However, the results showed that, in the long term, PTCA was a significantly better strategy than ROTA. Mean net gain in minimal lumen diameter was 0.67 mm and 0.45 mm for PTCA and ROTA, respectively (P=0.0019). Mean gain in diameter stenosis was 25% and 17% (P=0.002), resulting in restenosis (>/= 50%) rates of 51% (PTCA) and 65% (ROTA) (P=0.039). By intravascular ultrasound, the major difference was the missing stent over-expansion during PTCA after ROTA. Six-month event-free survival was significantly higher after PTCA (91.3%) compared with ROTA (79.6%, P=0.0052). CONCLUSIONS: In terms of the primary objective of the study, PTCA produced a significantly better long-term outcome than ROTA followed by adjunctive low-pressure PTCA.