Paclitaxel-eluting stents compared with bare metal stents in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction: The harmonizing outcomes with revascularization and stents in acute myocardial infarction (HORIZONS-AMI) trial

Bernhard Witzenbichler, Jochen Wöhrle, Giulio Guagliumi, Jan Z. Peruga, Bruce R. Brodie, Dariusz Dudek, Ran Kornowski, Franz Hartmann, Kristin L. Hood, Helen Parise, Alexandra J. Lansky, Eugenia Nikolsky, Roxana Mehran, Gregg W. Stone

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Abstract

Background-In the prospective, randomized Harmonizing Outcomes with Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction (HORIZONS-AMI) trial, implantation of paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) safely reduced the rates of ischemic target lesion revascularization (TLR) compared with bare metal stents (BMS) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous intervention. Diabetes mellitus is a known predictor of adverse outcomes after percutaneous intervention in STEMI. We therefore sought to assess the impact of PES in diabetic patients with STEMI from the HORIZONS-AMI trial. Methods and Results-A total of 478 patients with diabetes and 2527 without diabetes were randomly assigned to receive PES versus BMS. The 12-month rates of ischemic TLR were significantly reduced by PES compared with BMS in both diabetic (11.2% versus 5.2%; hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]=0.45 [0.21 to 0.93]; P=0.03) and nondiabetic (6.8% versus 4.3%, hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]=0.63 [0.44 to 0.92]; P=0.02) patients. In patients with insulin-treated diabetes, PES compared with BMS reduced the 12-month TLR rate from 21.4% to 7.3% (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]=0.35 [0.12 to 1.03]; P=0.046). Angiographic late loss and binary restenosis at 13 months were also significantly reduced in PES-treated diabetic patients. There were no significant differences between the BMS and PES groups in the 12-month rates of death, reinfarction, stroke, or stent thrombosis in either diabetic or nondiabetic patients. Conclusions-In the large-scale, prospective, randomized HORIZONS-AMI trial, implantation of PES compared with BMS in patients with STEMI and diabetes mellitus resulted in significant reductions in ischemia-driven TLR and angiographic restenosis at 1 year, with comparable safety outcomes, including stent thrombosis. These results suggest that PES can safely be used to reduce restenosis in high-risk diabetic patients presenting with STEMI.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)130-138
Number of pages9
JournalCirculation: Cardiovascular Interventions
Volume4
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Insulin
  • Restenosis
  • Revascularization
  • ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction
  • Stents

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