Balloon-Expandable Cheatham-Platinum Stents Versus Self-Expandable Nitinol Stents in Coarctation of Aorta: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- PMID: 35144787
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.11.025
Balloon-Expandable Cheatham-Platinum Stents Versus Self-Expandable Nitinol Stents in Coarctation of Aorta: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract
Objectives: This study sought to compare the safety and efficacy of the balloon-expandable stent (BES) and the self-expandable stent (SES) in the endovascular treatment of coarctation of aorta.
Background: Coarctoplasty with stents has conferred promising results. Although several nonrandomized studies have approved the safety and efficacy of the BES and the SES, no high-quality evidence exists for this comparison.
Methods: In the present open-label, parallel-group, blinded endpoint randomized pilot clinical trial, adult patients with de novo native aortic coarctation were randomized into Cheatham-platinum BES and uncovered nitinol SES groups. The primary outcome of the study was a composite of procedural and vascular complications. The secondary outcomes of the study consisted of the incidence of aortic recoarctation, thoracic aortic aneurysm/pseudoaneurysm formation, and residual hypertension at a 12-month follow-up.
Results: Among 105 patients who were screened between January 2017 and December 2019, 92 eligible patients (32 women [34.8%]) with a median age of 30 years (IQR: 20-36 years) were randomized equally into the BES and SES groups. The composite of procedural and vascular complications occurred in 10.9% of the BES group and 2.2% of the SES group (odds ratio: 0.18; 95% CI: 0.02-1.62; P = 0.20). Aortic recoarctation occurred in 5 patients (5.4%), 3 patients (6.5%) in the BES group and 2 patients (4.3%) in the SES group (odds ratio: 0.65; 95% CI: 0.10-4.09; P = 0.64). Only 1 patient (1.1%) was complicated by aortic pseudoaneurysm. Hypertension control was achieved in 50% of the study population, with an equal distribution in the 2 study groups at the 12-month follow-up.
Conclusions: Both the BES and the SES were safe and effective in the treatment of native coarctation.
Keywords: aortic coarctation; balloon-expandable stent(s); endovascular therapy; self-expandable stent(s).
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Conflict of interest statement
Funding Support and Author Disclosures The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
Comment in
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Efficacy of Self-Expandable Stents in Native Aortic Coarctation: A Single Flower Does Not Mean Spring (Persian Proverb).JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Feb 14;15(3):318-320. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.12.025. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2022. PMID: 35144788 No abstract available.