SLIDE 6 1-year Summary
Absorb BVS N=335 XIENCE N=166 p value
Hierarchical PoCE*, % 7.3 9.1 0.47
All death (Non-hierarchical)
0.0 0.6 0.33
All MI (Non-hierarchical)
4.5 1.2 0.06
All revascularization (Non-hierarchical)
3.6 7.3 0.07 Hierarchical DoCE* or TLF, % 4.8 3.0 0.35
Cardiac death (Non-hierarchical)
0.0 0.0 1.00
TV-MI (Non-hierarchical)
4.2 1.2 0.07
CI-TLR (Non-hierarchical)
1.2 1.8 0.69
PoCE (Patient oriented Composite Endpoint)*: All death, all myocardial infarction, and all revascularisation. DoCE (Device oriented Composite Endpoint)*/ TLF (Target Lesion Failure): Cardiac death, target-vessel myocardial infarction, and clinically indicated target-lesion revascularisation (TLR).
*Per ARC. Cutlip et al., Circulation. 2007;115:2344-2351
Per Protocol Myocardial Infarction (MI):
Development of new, pathological Q wave on the ECG.
Elevation of CK levels to ≥ two times the upper limit of normal (ULN) with elevated CK-MB in the absence of new pathological Q waves.