Long-term outcome of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for the treatment of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of RCTs

Table 1 Characteristics and Endpoint definitions of included randomized trials

Study	Year	Location	Number	Study design	Primary endpoint	Definition of TLF	Definition of ST	Follow up (months)	Lost to FU (%)
AIDA	2017	Multicenter	1845	RCT	TVF	Cardiac death, TVMI, ID-TLR	ARC	24	2.8
ABSORB III	2017	Multicenter	2008	RCT	TLF	Cardiac death, TVMI, ID-TLR	ARC	24	2.1
ABSORB China	2016	Multicenter	480	RCT	IS-LL	Cardiac death, TVMI, ID-TLR	ARC	24	3.7
ABSORB II	2016	Multicenter	501	RCT	Vasomotion, MLD	Cardiac death, TVMI, ID-TLR	ARC	24	4.2
ABSORB Japan	2016	Multicenter	400	RCT	TLF	Cardiac death, TVMI, ID-TLR	ARC	24	3

Abbreviations: TLF target lesion failure, TVF target vessel failure, IS-LL in-segment late loss, MLD minimal lumen diameter, TVMI target vessel myocardial infarction, ID-TLR ischemia driven target lesion revascularization, RCT randomized clinical trials

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