Volume 94, Issue 7 pp. 917-925
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

Long-term impact of diabetes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Insights from the EXAMINATION randomized trial

Pilar Jimenez-Quevedo MD, PhD

Corresponding Author

Pilar Jimenez-Quevedo MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain

Correspondence

Pilar Jimenez-Quevedo, MD, PhD, Interventional Cardiology Department, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, c/Martín Lagos s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Email: [email protected]

Search for more papers by this author
Salvatore Brugaletta MD, PhD

Salvatore Brugaletta MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, University Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Angel Cequier MD, PhD

Angel Cequier MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Andrés Iñiguez MD, PhD

Andrés Iñiguez MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Antonio Serra MD, PhD

Antonio Serra MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Vicente Mainar MD, PhD

Vicente Mainar MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Hospital General of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Gianluca Campo MD, PhD

Gianluca Campo MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, University Hospital Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Search for more papers by this author
Maurizio Tespili MD, PhD

Maurizio Tespili MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, University Hospital Bolognini Seriate, Bergamo, Italy

Search for more papers by this author
Luis Nombela-Franco MD, PhD

Luis Nombela-Franco MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Maria del Trigo MD

Maria del Trigo MD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Nieves Gonzalo MD, PhD

Nieves Gonzalo MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Javier Escaned MD, PhD

Javier Escaned MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Pablo Salinas MD, PhD

Pablo Salinas MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Ivan Nuñez-Gil MD, PhD

Ivan Nuñez-Gil MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Cristina Fernandez-Perez MD, PhD

Cristina Fernandez-Perez MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Antonio Fernández-Ortiz MD, PhD

Antonio Fernández-Ortiz MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Carlos Macaya MD, PhD

Carlos Macaya MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
Patrick W. Serruys MD, PhD

Patrick W. Serruys MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, International Centre of Circulatory Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Search for more papers by this author
Manel Sabate Tenas MD, PhD

Manel Sabate Tenas MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiology Department, University Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Search for more papers by this author
First published: 20 March 2019
Citations: 6

Funding information Spanish Heart Foundation

Abstract

Background

Long-term outcomes of diabetic patients suffering from ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and treated with second-generation drug-eluting stent have been scarcely evaluated. The aim of this posthoc subanalysis of the EXAMINATION trial was to compare 5-year outcomes according to the presence of diabetes mellitus.

Methods

From a total of 1,497 patients included in the trial, 258 were diabetics (n = 137, received everolimus-eluting stent (EES) and n = 121 bare-metal stent (BMS); whereas 1,239 were nondiabetics (n = 613 treated with EES and n = 626 with BMS). Patient-oriented combined endpoint (POCE) defined as all-cause death, any MI or any revascularization, and other clinical parameters were collected up to 5-years. All results were adjusted for various potential confounders.

Results

At 5-years, patients with diabetes showed similar rates of POCE between diabetics treated with EES and those treated with BMS (32.8% vs. 32.2%; p = 0.88). However, rates of TLR were significantly lower in the EES group (4.4% vs. 9.9%; HR 0.52 (0.29–0.94); P = 0.03). In non-diabetics, the use of EES was associated with a significant improvement in all-clinical parameters except for MI rate: POCE: [10.0% vs. 12.6%; HR 0.78(0.62–0.98); P = 0.038], all cause death: [7.0% vs. 12.1%; HR 0.62(0.42–0.90); P = 0.014], and [TLR: 4.2 vs. 6.7; HR 0.60 (0.37–0.98); P = 0.04]. Overall, diabetics showed higher rate of POCE at 5-years (32.6% vs. 21.5% in nondiabetics HR1.45[1.03–2.04];p = 0.03) driven by increased rates of MI and the need for revascularization that occurred in coronary segments remote from target lesions [2.7% vs. 1.1%; HR: 2.27 (1.12–5.23); P = 0.02 and 14% vs. 6.2%; HR: 2.11 (1.38–3.22); P = 0.001, respectively].

Conclusions

Diabetics had worse clinical outcomes than nondiabetics after STEMI mainly due to atherosclerosis progression. At 5-years, the treatment with EES did not reduce the rate of POCE in diabetics but reduced the need for revascularization compared with BMS.

The full text of this article hosted at iucr.org is unavailable due to technical difficulties.