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. 2022 Mar 18;17(16):1340–1347. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00419

Table 2. Landmark analysis for clinical outcomes between 3- and 5-year follow-up.

Between 3 and 4 years Between 4 and 5 years
Absorb BVS (n=924) XIENCE EES (n=921) Hazard ratio
(95% CI)
p-value Absorb BVS (n=924) XIENCE EES (n=921) Hazard ratio (95% CI) p-value
All-cause death 14 (1.6%) 18 (2.1%) 0.77 (0.38-1.54) 0.453 16 (2.0%) 17 (2.2%) 0.93 (0.47-1.83) 0.828
Cardiac death 4 (0.5%) 7 (0.8%) 0.56 (0.16-1.92) 0.354 6 (0.7%) 8 (1.1%) 0.74 (0.26-2.13) 0.574
Cardiovascular death 5 (0.6%) 9 (1.1%) 0.55 (0.18-1.64) 0.274 9 (1.1%) 10 (1.3%) 0.89 (0.36-2.18) 0.793
All myocardial infarction 13 (1.6%) 6 (0.8%) 2.19 (0.83-5.76) 0.103 8 (1.1%) 7 (0.9%) 1.15 (0.42-3.18) 0.780
Target vessel MI 9 (1.1%) 3 (0.4%) 3.01 (0.82-11.13) 0.082 5 (0.7%) 6 (0.8%) 0.83 (0.25-2.73) 0.763
Non-target vessel MI 3 (0.4%) 3 (0.4%) 0.99 (0.20-4.91) 0.991 3 (0.4%) 2 (0.3%) 1.49 (0.25-8.90) 0.661
Any revascularisation 26 (3.6%) 14 (1.9%) 1.88 (0.98-3.60) 0.053 13 (2.0%) 18 (2.7%) 0.74 (0.36-1.50) 0.399
Target vessel revascularisation 20 (2.6%) 5 (0.7%) 4.01 (1.50-10.68) 0.003 9 (1.3%) 12 (1.7%) 0.76 (0.32-1.80) 0.526
Target lesion revascularisation 13 (1.6%) 4 (0.5%) 3.27 (1.07-10.02) 0.028 6 (0.8%) 8 (1.1%) 0.75 (0.26-2.18) 0.602
Device thrombosis related 5 (0.6%) 2 (0.2%) 2.51 (0.49-12.96) 0.254 3 (0.4%) 2 (0.3%) 1.51 (0.25-9.02) 0.651
Device stenosis related 11 (1.4%) 3 (0.4%) 3.61 (1.01-12.93) 0.035 4 (0.5%) 6 (0.8%) 0.66 (0.19-2.33) 0.514
Composite endpoints
Target vessel failure 22 (2.9%) 12 (1.6%) 1.85 (0.91-3.73) 0.082 13 (1.8%) 21 (3.0%) 0.63 (0.31-1.25) 0.181
Target lesion failure§ 16 (2.1%) 11 (1.4%) 1.47 (0.68-3.16) 0.324 10 (1.4%) 18 (2.5%) 0.56 (0.26-1.21) 0.136
Patient-oriented composite endpoint 35 (4.9%) 30 (4.2%) 1.19 (0.73-1.94) 0.481 26 (4.0%) 33 (5.0%) 0.81 (0.48-1.35) 0.415
p-values were calculated by the log-rank test. §Composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction and target lesion revascularisation. Composite of death, myocardial infarction or any revascularisation. BVS: bioresorbable vascular scaffold; EES: everolimus-eluting stent; MI: myocardial infarction