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Effects of Ramiprilat-Coated Stents on Neointimal Hyperplasia, Inflammation, and Arterial Healing in a Porcine Coronary Restenosis Model.
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B41. Hong YJ, Jeong MH, Song SJ, Sim DS, Kim JH, Lim KS, Hachinohe D, Ahmed K, Hwang SH, Lee MG, Ko JS, Park KH, Yoon HJ, Yoon NS, Kim KH, Park HW, Kim JH, Ahn Y, Cho JG, Cho DL, Park JC, Kang JC; Effects of Ramiprilat-Coated Stents on Neointimal Hyperplasia, Inflammation, and Arterial Healing in a Porcine Coronary Restenosis Model. Korean Circ J. 2011;41(9)535-541.

(Abstract)
 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system has been implicated in the pathogenesis of neointimal hyperplasia, and a role for angiotensin II in the migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells in restenotic lesions has been proposed. The aim of this study was to determine the anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory effects of ramiprilat-coated stents in a porcine coronary overstretch restenosis model.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Pigs were randomized into two groups in which the coronary arteries {16 pigs (16 coronaries in each group)} had a 3.0×17 mm ramiprilat-coated MAC stent or a 3.0×17 mm control MAC stent (AMG, Munich, Germany) implanted with oversizing (stent-to-artery ratio, 1.3 : 1) in porcine coronary arteries, and histopathologic analysis was assessed 28 days after stenting.
RESULTS: There were no significant differences in the injury and inflammation scores between the two groups (1.20±0.43 vs. 1.23±0.57, p=0.8; and 1.21±0.39 vs. 1.25±0.49, p=0.6, respectively). Within the neointima, most inflammatory cells were lymphohistiocytes. Significant positive correlations existed between inflammatory cell counts and the neointima areas (r=0.567, p<0.001), and between inflammatory cell counts and the percent area stenosis (r=0.478, p<0.001). There was no significant difference in the inflammatory cell counts normalized to the injury (110±89 vs. 123±83, p=0.4) and fibrin scores (0.15±0.06 vs. 0.17±0.07, p=0.8) between the 2 groups. There were trends toward a smaller neointima area (1.06±0.51 mm(2) vs. 1.28±0.35 mm(2), p=0.083) and a smaller percent area stenosis (18.9±8.7% vs. 21.8±7.2%, p=0.088) in the ramiprilat-coated stent group.
CONCLUSION: Although the ramiprilat-coated stent did not show significant inhibitory effects on neointimal hyperplasia, the ramiprilat-coated stent showed  good effects on the inflammatory reaction and arterial healing similar to the control stent in a porcine coronary restenosis model.