LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AFTER CORRECTION OF LONG CORONARY LESIONS USING BIODEGRADABLE VASCULAR SCAFFOLDS

Materials and methods. Over the period of 2013 to 2018, endovascular correction of long (more than 25 mm) coronary artery lesions was performed on 80 patients in RSPC “Cardiology”, Minsk. Randomly the patients were divided into 2 groups: experimental group (EG) (n = 40) – endovascular correction with bioresorbable everolimus-eluting vascular scaffold Absorb BVS, and control group (CG) (n = 40) – endovascular correction with everolimus-eluting metallic stent Xience V/ Xience Pro. During further observations we estimated the development of death outcomes (from any reasons and from heart diseases), cases of acute myocardial infarction, incidence of revascularization due to target lesion patency failure, as well as a combined endpoint (all death cases + cases of acute myocardial infarction+ revascularization due to target lesion patency failure). The information about the presence or absence of negative outcomes was collected during the observation via a telephone contact with the patient or their relatives. Results. In the mean long-term observational period of 86.5 months (interquartile range from 77.0 to 93.0 months) after percutaneous intervention (PCI) total death cases were regis