The recognition that obstructive disease of the epicardial coronary arteries, causing ischaemic heart disease, can be treated with a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been a major discovery in cardiology in the last 40 years contributing, in particular, to the reduction of mortality associated to acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, even in the era of drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, a sizable proportion of patients who undergo PCI may develop late or very late post-implantation complications, that occur in the form of restenosis, neoatherosclerosis, and/or in-stent thrombosis. Such complications are clinically relevant since they can cause AMI and negatively impact on the outcome. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms are complex but related to inhibition of neointimal proliferation by DES that, on the hand, reduces the rate of in-stent restenosis, but, on the other hand, causes dysfunctional vessel healing, persistent inflammation, platelet activation, and adverse immunological responses. Multiple approaches have been developed or are under evaluation to target DES-related complications including pharmacotherapy, procedure-related imaging methods, novel stent designs, and drug-delivery methods. The aim of this review is to provide an update on the latest preclinical, translational, and clinical pharmacotherapeutic developments in this setting that target novel cellular mechanisms and pathways that might contribute to neoatherosclerosis. Due to the importance of secondary prevention in the reduction of DES-associated complications, this review also provides a short overview of pharmacological agents that are established or currently being investigated in this regard.

Neoatherosclerosis after drug-eluting stent implantation: A novel clinical and therapeutic challenge / Borovac, J. A.; D'Amario, D.; Vergallo, R.; Porto, I.; Bisignani, A.; Galli, M.; Annibali, G.; Montone, R. A.; Leone, A. M.; Niccoli, G.; Crea, F.. - In: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOTHERAPY. - ISSN 2055-6837. - 5:2(2019), pp. 105-116. [10.1093/ehjcvp/pvy036]

Neoatherosclerosis after drug-eluting stent implantation: A novel clinical and therapeutic challenge

Galli M.;
2019

Abstract

The recognition that obstructive disease of the epicardial coronary arteries, causing ischaemic heart disease, can be treated with a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been a major discovery in cardiology in the last 40 years contributing, in particular, to the reduction of mortality associated to acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, even in the era of drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, a sizable proportion of patients who undergo PCI may develop late or very late post-implantation complications, that occur in the form of restenosis, neoatherosclerosis, and/or in-stent thrombosis. Such complications are clinically relevant since they can cause AMI and negatively impact on the outcome. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms are complex but related to inhibition of neointimal proliferation by DES that, on the hand, reduces the rate of in-stent restenosis, but, on the other hand, causes dysfunctional vessel healing, persistent inflammation, platelet activation, and adverse immunological responses. Multiple approaches have been developed or are under evaluation to target DES-related complications including pharmacotherapy, procedure-related imaging methods, novel stent designs, and drug-delivery methods. The aim of this review is to provide an update on the latest preclinical, translational, and clinical pharmacotherapeutic developments in this setting that target novel cellular mechanisms and pathways that might contribute to neoatherosclerosis. Due to the importance of secondary prevention in the reduction of DES-associated complications, this review also provides a short overview of pharmacological agents that are established or currently being investigated in this regard.
2019
Coronary restenosis; Coronary thrombosis; Drug-eluting stents; Neoatherosclerosis; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Pharmacotherapy
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Neoatherosclerosis after drug-eluting stent implantation: A novel clinical and therapeutic challenge / Borovac, J. A.; D'Amario, D.; Vergallo, R.; Porto, I.; Bisignani, A.; Galli, M.; Annibali, G.; Montone, R. A.; Leone, A. M.; Niccoli, G.; Crea, F.. - In: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOTHERAPY. - ISSN 2055-6837. - 5:2(2019), pp. 105-116. [10.1093/ehjcvp/pvy036]
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