Research Article

Thin Strut CoCr Biodegradable Polymer Biolimus A9-Eluting Stents versus Thicker Strut Stainless Steel Biodegradable Polymer Biolimus A9-Eluting Stents: Two-Year Clinical Outcomes

Table 3

Biomatrix Alpha versus LEADERS : propensity-adjusted MACE at 2 years with a landmark at day 3.

CoCr-BP-BES (%)SS-BP-BES (%)Hazard ratio value

MACE 7.259.340.76 [0.5–1.17]0.259
  - Cardiac death1.293.260.39 [0.15–1.00]0.064
  - Myocardial infarction2.822.361.17 [0.56–2.47]0.721
  - cd-TVR4.576.390.65 [0.38–1.10]0.152
All death4.124.740.86 [0.49–1.52]0.638
Target vessel MI0.900.911.01 [0.28–3.59]0.991
Definite or probable stent thrombosis1.122.110.5 [0.17–1.45]0.238
Any revasc8.2015.470.5 [0.34–0.73]0.001
TVF (cardiac death or TV-MI or cd-TVR)5.839.080.63 [0.4–1.00]0.078
POCE (all death or any MI or any revasc)11.6918.390.6 [0.43–0.83]0.006