La bifurcation coronaire est un site privilégié d’athérosclérose. Jusqu’alors aucune des techniques de stenting provisionnel percutanées avec juxtaposition de ballons n’a démontré de bénéfice clinique. Ces échecs peuvent être expliqués par le non-respect de la géométrie fractale des bifurcations qui pourtant doit toujours guider la revascularisation (correction de la malapposition et optimisation de l’ostium de la branche collatérale). Fort de ce constat, nous avons imaginé une nouvelle technique séquentielle et simple, en 3 temps, le rePOT, associant Proximal Optimizing Technique (POT) initial, ouverture de la branche collatérale et POT final. Son évaluations s’est voulue progressive en 4 étapes : 1) concept, 2) preuve expérimentale de concept, 3) confirmation des bénéfices mécaniques in vivo, et 4) validation clinique. Dans ce travail nous avons donc d’abord expérimentalement démontré la supériorité du résultat mécanique final du rePOT par rapport aux techniques non séquentielles de provisional stenting (manuscrit # 1). Ainsi, le rePOT effondre la malapposition globale du stent, conserve la circularité proximale physiologique et optimise l’obstruction ostiale résiduelle de la branche accessoire. Ces excellents résultats sont confirmés indépendamment du design ou de la composition des stents (manuscrits # 2, 4). Nous avons par ailleurs démontré l’importance de chacune des 3 étapes du rePOT: POT initial (manuscrit # 1), ouverture de SB et POT final (manuscrit # 3). Enfin, fort de ces démonstrations expérimentales, nous avons confirmé in vivo avec mesures OCT itératives à la fois les excellents résultats expérimentaux et la bonne évolution clinique à moyen terme (manuscrit # 5). Ce travail démontre donc étape par étape, de l’expérimentale à la clinique, l’ensemble des bénéfices de cette nouvelle technique séquentielle de stenting provisionnel "rePOT", devenue une référence en Europe dans la revascularisation percutanée des bifurcations coronaires / Coronary bifurcations are a preferential location for atherosclerosis development. Until now, no technic with balloons juxtaposition demonstrated a clinical benefit in percutaneous coronary bifurcation revascularization by provisional stenting (with 1 stent). Successive failures could be explained by the absence of respect of the bifurcations fractal geometry, which need to be systematically followed during all revascularization (correction of the malapposition and optimization of the side branch ostium). Thus, we imagined a new technique, simple and sequential, in 3 steps, named rePOT. It is combining initial Proximal Optimizing Technique (POT), side-branch opening and final POT. We proposed a demonstration in 4 steps : 1) concept, 2) experimental proofs of concept, 3) confirmation of the clinical benefits in vivo, and 4) clinical validation. In this work, we experimentally demonstrated the superiority of the final mechanical results of the rePOT compared to all non-sequential provisional stenting (manuscript # 1). Thus, rePOT decreased stent global malapposition, maintained the initial proximal circularity and optimized the final ostial side branch obstruction. These excellent results were confirmed independently of stent design or material (manuscripts # 2, 4). Moreover, we demonstrated the specific benefits of each steps of the rePOT : initial POT (manuscript # 1), SB opening, and final POT (manuscript # 3). Finally, we confirmed in vivo, with serial OCT analysis, these excellent mechanical results and the good clinical outcome at mid-term. (manuscript # 5). Thank to this step by step demonstration, from experimental to clinic, we confirmed all benefits of this new provisional stenting sequential technique "rePOT". Thereby, before the last step of the demonstration, rePOT became a reference in Europe for the percutaneous revascularization of coronary bifurcations

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In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Ergebnisse von Stent Implantationen bei Kindern mit angeborenen Herzfehlern an der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Charité vorgestellt. Zwischen 1994 und 2001 wurden bei 103 Patienten 146/149 Stents erfolgreich in 115 Gefäßstenosen oder Ductus arteriosus implantiert. Das Alter der Patienten bei der Implantation lag zwischen einem Tag und 34 Jahren (ein erwachsener Patient), im Mittel 4 Jahre, Median 1,1 Jahre; das Körpergewicht lag zwischen 1,75 kg und 75 kg, im Mittel 14,4 kg bei einem Median von 7,5 kg. Von den 149 Stents wurden 39,5% in periphere Pulmonalarterienstenosen, 17,5% in Aortenisthmusstenosen, 28,5% in den Ductus arteriosus, 8,5% in Systemvenenstenosen und 6% in Pulmonalvenenstenosen. 40% der 146 erfolgreich implantierten Stents wurden palliativ, 60% kurativ implantiert. Während eines Nachbeobachtungszeitraumes von einem Monat bis 7,5 Jahren, im Mittel 2,14 Jahren, wurden 60 der implantierten Stents insgesamt 79 mal redilatiert. 15 dieser Stents zweimal und 4 dreimal. Der häufigste Grund für eine Redilatation war das Körperwachstum der Patienten (58%). In-Stent Restenosen aufgrund von Intima-Proliferation führten in 25,5% zu einer Redilatation, die übrigen 16,5% Restenosen wurden durch Kompression von außen verursacht. Bei der vorliegenden Studie zeigte sich, dass die Stent-Implantation nicht nur eine effektive Methode zur Behandlung von Gefäßstenosen bei Patienten mit angeborenen Herzfehlern ist. Vielmehr gilt sie bei dem vorgestellten Patientengut als: 1. Vorbereitung, Erleichterung oder Ermöglichung von korrigierenden Operationen bei Neugeborenen durch palliativen Stent Einsatz in den Ductus arteriosus, Aortenisthmusstenosen oder in interventionell eröffnete rechtsventrikuläre Ausflußtrakte; 2. Vermeidung komplexer chirurgischer Eingriffe durch Stent Implantationen in native Aortenisthmusstenosen oder in den Ductus arteriosus bei Patienten mit kritischer Pulmonalstenose oder- atresie mit intaktem Ventrikelseptum; 3. Verbesserung post-operativer Ergebnisse und damit Verbesserung der langfristigen Prognose durch Beseitigung post-operativer Restenosen, zum Beispiel peripherer Pulmonalstenosen nach operativer Korrektur einer Fallotschen Tetralogie. Darüber hinaus lassen sich mit Hilfe von Stents komplexe chirurgisch/interventionelle Therapiestrategien, zum Beispiel dem Etablieren einer Fontanzirkulation, verwirklichen. Da in den meisten Fällen ein lebenslanger Verbleib der Stents geplant war wurden ausschließlich ballonexpandierbare Stents implantiert. Diese können, dem Alter und dem Körperwachstum der Patienten entsprechend durch Redilatation angepaßt werden. Diese limitierten Langzeit-Ergebnisse erscheinen diesbezüglich vielversprechend. Dagegen sind die Ursachen der In-Stent Restenosen aufgrund von Intima-Proliferation, die bei einigen Kindern gefunden wurden, noch nicht verstanden und bedürfen weiterer Untersuchungen. Eine Limitation der vorgestellten Methode besteht in der Stent-Technologie. Derzeit stehen keine Stents zur Verfügung, die im Neugeborenenalter implantiert werden können und bis zum Abschluß des Größenwachstums der Patienten eine gefäßstützende Funktion gewährleisten. Neue Stent-Technologien sind daher für den kurativen Einsatz bei Neugeborenen und kleinen Säuglingen erforderlich und werden in dieser Arbeit im Tiermodel vorgestellt. Zwei unterschiedliche neu Stents, die von zwei unabhängigen Herstellern entwickelt wurden, können durch eine Miniaturisierung der Einführungssysteme im Neugeborenenalter eingesetzt werden und ermöglichen eine Erweiterung der gestenteten Gefäßdurchmesser von minimal 4 Millimeter auf über 20 Millimeter. Weitere chronische Untersuchungen im Tiermodel sind notwendig bevor diese neuen Stent-Technologien in die klinische Erprobung bei Neugeborenen mit angeborenen Herzfehlern eingeführt werden können. / This study reports on stent implantation in paediatric patients with congenital heart disease at the department of paediatric cardiology, Humboldt university of Berlin, Charité. Between 1994 and 2001 146/149 stents were successfully implanted in 115 lesions or arterial ducts of 103 patients. The age of the patients ranged between 1 day and 34 years (one adult patient), mean 4 years, median 1.1 years; the bodyweight was measured between 1.75 kg and 75 kg, mean 14.4 kg, median 7.5 kg. The stent were implanted into different lesions: 39.5% in peripheral pulmonary artery stenoses, 17.5% in coarctation, 28.5% in the arterial duct, 8.5% in systemic vein stenoses and 6% in pulmonary vein stenoses. The implantations were performed for palliativ reasons in 40% or as a definite treatment in 60%. During a follow up period between 1 months and 7.5 years, mean 2.14 years 79 repeat dilations were performed on 60 stents, 15 stents twice and 4 stents three times. The most common reason for repeat intervention were dilation according to patients growth (58%). In-stent restenoses due to intimal hyperplasia were noted in 25.5% and 16.5% restenoses occurred due to compression from surrounding structures. The results of this study demonstrated stent-implantation not only as an effective method for treatment of vessel stenosis in young patients with congenital heart diseases. In addition 1. palliative stenting of the arterial duct, critical coarctation or right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in neonates improves surgical outcome or increases operability. 2. stent implantation can be an attractive alternative to complex surgery i.e. the establishment of Fontan circulation as part of a combined surgical/interventional concept 3. postoperative stenting of restenosis improves surgical results and reduces mortality and morbidity by reduction of the individual number of surgical procedures. Balloon expandable stents were used exclusively as the vast majority were considered to treat vessel stenosis for a lifelong period. The limited experiences on long-term follow-up are encouraging concerning the possibility of repeat dilation according to patients growth. However, the mechanisms of in-stent restenosis are not fully understand. For long-term treatment of vessel stenosis in neonates and small infants the conventional stent technology was found as a major limitation. New stent-designs are necessary. The report encloses two different new stent-technologies in animal studies. Miniaturised stents and delivery systems developed by two different companies are demonstrated. An additional advantage of the new stent designs is the broad variability of the stent diameters. After the initial implantation with a minimum diameter of 4 millimetres those stents can be dilated to a maximum diameter of more than 20 millimetres. Further investigations are necessary to demonstrate the efficacy of the new stent designs in different lesions of human neonates.

Aortic stenosis is the most common acquired heart valve condition. Open-heart surgical aortic valve replacement is an effective treatment for patients who receive it. However, approximately one-third of patients who require this treatment do not receive it due to the risks associated with the surgery. Percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR) is a minimally invasive technique that can replace the aortic valve of patients contraindicated for open-heart surgery. Although PAVR is now entering clinical practice, a closed bore hybrid x-ray/MRI (CBXMR) imaging system is under development to improve the safety and efficacy of PAVR. This system will harness the complementary strengths of x-ray imaging (surgical tool/vascular imaging) and MRI (cardiac soft tissue contrast) to deploy a bioprosthesis in the aortic annulus. An x-ray C-arm will be placed about 1 m from the entrance of the MRI scanner to facilitate smooth intermodality patient transfer during the procedure. The performance of a rotating-anode x-ray tube in the magnetic fringe field of a 1.5 T MRI scanner was investigated. A rotating-anode x-ray tube provides the fluoroscopy and angiography needed for PAVR. The magnetic fringe field can affect the ability of the x-ray tube to dissipate heat. It was shown that the fringe field perpendicular to the anode rotation axis can reduce anode rotation frequency. These effects can limit the maximum permissible power that can be safely dissipated on the anode track during a single exposure. In the fringe field strengths at the C-arm position (4-5 mT), anode rotation frequency only decreased by about 1%, which will have negligible impact on tube heat loadability. The fringe field can cause a field of view shift. The field of view shifted by approximately 3 mm, which can be corrected by active magnetic shielding and further collimation. An active magnetic shielding system was constructed that can correct focal spot deflection. These results are facilitating the construction of a prototype CBXMR system, the goal of which is to improve success rates for PAVR procedures.

Aortic stenosis is the most common acquired heart valve condition. Open-heart surgical aortic valve replacement is an effective treatment for patients who receive it. However, approximately one-third of patients who require this treatment do not receive it due to the risks associated with the surgery. Percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR) is a minimally invasive technique that can replace the aortic valve of patients contraindicated for open-heart surgery. Although PAVR is now entering clinical practice, a closed bore hybrid x-ray/MRI (CBXMR) imaging system is under development to improve the safety and efficacy of PAVR. This system will harness the complementary strengths of x-ray imaging (surgical tool/vascular imaging) and MRI (cardiac soft tissue contrast) to deploy a bioprosthesis in the aortic annulus. An x-ray C-arm will be placed about 1 m from the entrance of the MRI scanner to facilitate smooth intermodality patient transfer during the procedure. The performance of a rotating-anode x-ray tube in the magnetic fringe field of a 1.5 T MRI scanner was investigated. A rotating-anode x-ray tube provides the fluoroscopy and angiography needed for PAVR. The magnetic fringe field can affect the ability of the x-ray tube to dissipate heat. It was shown that the fringe field perpendicular to the anode rotation axis can reduce anode rotation frequency. These effects can limit the maximum permissible power that can be safely dissipated on the anode track during a single exposure. In the fringe field strengths at the C-arm position (4-5 mT), anode rotation frequency only decreased by about 1%, which will have negligible impact on tube heat loadability. The fringe field can cause a field of view shift. The field of view shifted by approximately 3 mm, which can be corrected by active magnetic shielding and further collimation. An active magnetic shielding system was constructed that can correct focal spot deflection. These results are facilitating the construction of a prototype CBXMR system, the goal of which is to improve success rates for PAVR procedures.

During interventional cardiology (IC), medical staff are exposed to scattered ionizing radiation from the patient, potentially leading to various radiation-induced health effects. Therefore, shielding devices are routinely used to reduce occupational exposure during IC procedures. This study explores how the positioning of shielding devices impacts radiation protection efficiency in clinical scenarios. The study aims to determine optimal setups and potential pitfalls that might significantly reduce the efficiency of the shielding devices. It also explores the relationship between DICOM-based production data, clinical observations, and phantom-based measurements to add knowledge to the research field of radiation protection in IC. Clinical DICOM-based production data from 4976 procedures were analyzed to identify C-arm projection angles used during different procedure types. This data and the results of an observational study were used to determine a scattered radiation measurement setup. A survey meter was used to measure air kerma at seven heights in the operator position while an anthropomorphic phantom was irradiated. The measurements were distributed over seven projections with 56 position combinations of the shielding devices. A total of 3171 measurements were performed. The measurements suggest significant variations in the operator dose depending on the projection and how the shielding devices are positioned. The most optimal combination of shielding devices was achieved when placing the table-mounted shield along the table, the ceiling-suspended shield caudal close to the phantom, and without the patient drape. Conversely, the least optimal combination was achieved when placing the table-mounted shield flared out, the ceiling-suspended shield cranial 10 cm above the phantom, and without the patient drape. The air kerma rate for these two shielding setups with the LAO25/CAUD30 projection was reduced from 0.19 μGy/s to 0.05 μGy/s at 110 cm from the floor. This height was shown to be the hardest to properly shield. Despite the implementation of the most optimal shielding combination, it is evident that certain heights present difficulties in effectively protecting the operator from scattered radiation.

Le vieillissement vasculaire est un phénomène inéluctable. Il s'accompagne de modifications structurelles et fonctionnelles du système cardio-vasculaire constituant la rigidité vasculaire. Ce processus dégénératif affecte essentiellement la matrice extra cellulaire des artères élastiques. La perte de l'élasticité du système vasculaire va impacter la fonction ventriculaire gauche et la perfusion cardiaque, rénale et cérébrale par des mécanismes différents. La rigidité vasculaire est un puissant marqueur de risque cardio-vasculaire. Cette notion est peu répandue dans le domaine de la cardiologie interventionnelle alors qu'elle pourrait avoir des implications pronostiques et thérapeutiques importantes. Nous nous sommes intéressés à deux domaines de la cardiologie interventionnelle, pour lesquels la rigidité vasculaire pourrait ouvrir de nouvelles voies de recherche, la maladie coronaire et le traitement interventionnel du rétrécissement aortique. Concernant la maladie coronaire il existe un besoin de mieux comprendre la physiopathologie de la microcirculation et de l'ischémie myocardique. La survenue des accidents coronaires aigus reste également incomplètement comprise. Nous avons abordé la problématique par une approche épidémiologique en étudiant l'impact pronostique de la rigidité vasculaire sur la mortalité liée aux coronaropathies dans une cohorte de 1034 patients hypertendus avec 30 années de suivi. La rigidité vasculaire a été appréciée par la pression pulsée et un score d'athérosclérose de l'aorte abdominale. Un lien très fort a été mis en évidence entre la rigidité vasculaire et la survenue d'infarctus du myocarde. Nous avons ensuite développé un moyen d'étudier la rigidité vasculaire localement au niveau des artères coronaires. Nous avons mis au point une technique de mesure de la vitesse de l'onde de pouls coronaire. Cette technique repose sur l'utilisation d'un guide de pression ntra-coronaire et un algorithme breveté du traitement de signal. Nous sommes parvenus à mesurer une vitesse de l'onde de pouls sur 71 artères coronaires chez 49 patients. Nous avons observé une vitesse de l'onde de pouls plus lente témoignant d'artères plus compliantes chez les patients présentant un infarctus du myocarde en comparaison aux patients présentant un angor stable. Nous avons également constaté une augmentation de la vitesse de l'onde de pouls après implantation d'un stent endocoronaire témoignant d'une rigidification attendue de l'artère coronaire. Ces travaux pourraient ouvrir une nouvelle voie de recherche dans la compréhension de l'ischémie myocardique et de la survenue de l'accident coronaire aigu à savoir l'interaction rigidité vasculaire globale et rigidité locale coronaire. Concernant le traitement interventionnel du rétrécissement aortique, de nouveaux facteurs prédictifs du bénéfice de l'intervention sont nécessaires chez des patients souvent âgés et fragiles. Nous nous sommes intéressés à l'étude du volume de calcifications de l'aorte, reflet de la rigidité vasculaire. Ce paramètre a été mesuré par scanner chez des patients traités par remplacement valvulaire aortique par voie percutanée appelé TAVI pour transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Nous avons d'abord montré que le volume de calcifications de l'aorte ascendante était un puissant marqueur de risque indépendant de mortalité cardiaque et d'insuffisance cardiaque sur une série de 127 patients consécutifs traités par TAVI, avec un suivi médian de 907 jours. Ce travail a ensuite été complété en étudiant le volume de calcifications de l'aorte totale sur une série de 164 patients. Le volume de calcifications de l'aorte complète était prédicteur de mortalité totale et cardiaque. De plus, chaque segment d'aorte pris séparément (aorte ascendante, descendante et abdominale) prédisait la mortalité cardiaque. Enfin, seul le volume de calcifications du segment ascendant était prédicteur d'insuffisance cardiaque [etc…] / Vascular aging is an inevitable phenomenon. It is accompanied by structural and functional modifications of the cardiovascular system mainly referred to as vascular stiffening. This degenerative process essentially affects the extracellular matrix of the elastic arteries. The loss of elasticity of the vascular tree affects left ventricular function as well as cardiac, renal and cerebral perfusions involving different mechanisms. Vascular stiffness is a powerful risk marker of cardiovascular disease. However, most interventional cardiologists are not familiar with this concept while it may have both important prognostic and therapeutic implications. We tackled two areas of interventional cardiology, where vascular stiffness may open new fields of research; coronary artery disease and interventional treatment of aortic stenosis namely, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). With regards to coronary artery disease there is a need to better understand the pathophysiology of microcirculation and myocardial ischemia. Moreover, the occurrence of acute coronary events is also incompletely understood. Our first approach was epidemiological. We studied the prognostic impact of vascular stiffness on coronary artery disease mortality in a cohort of 1034 hypertensive patients after 30 years of follow-up. Vascular stiffness was assessed both by pulse pressure and by a score related to atherosclerosis of the abdominal aorta. A strong link was found between vascular stiffness and the occurrence of myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease related deaths. We then developed a way to study the local vascular stiffness at coronary artery level by measuring coronary pulse wave velocity. This technique relies on the use of an intracoronary pressure wire and a patented signal processing algorithm. We measured a coronary pulse wave velocity on 71 coronary arteries in 49 patients. Interestingly, patients with acute coronary syndromes had a lower coronary pulse wave velocity (which means more compliant arteries) when compared to patients with stable coronary artery disease. After an endocoronary stent implantation we noticed an increase of coronary pulse wave velocity in line with an expected stiffening. This work opens a new avenue of research regarding coronary perfusion physiology and plaque complications by studying the interaction of regional vascular stiffness and local coronary stiffness. Regarding TAVI, a procedure that often concerns elderly and frail patients, new factors predicting the benefit of the intervention are needed. We studied aortic calcifications as a surrogate of vascular stiffness. This parameter was measured by CT scan before TAVI. We first showed in 127 consecutive patients with a median follow-up of 907 days that ascending aorta calcifications were a powerful risk marker of cardiac mortality and heart failure after TAVI. This study was then completed by studying the volume of the whole aorta in 164 patients. The volume of calcifications of the whole aorta was a predictor of both all-cause and cardiac mortality. In addition, each segment of aorta taken separately (ascending, descending and abdominal aorta) predicted cardiac mortality. Finally, only ascending aorta calcifications predicted heart failure. These results support the hypothesis that ascending aorta calcifications are a marker of vascular stiffness and contribute to the left ventricular afterload. Moreover the volume of the whole aorta could mirror the global atherosclerosis burden of the patient. This easily measurable parameter could thus represent a new risk stratification tool in patients treated with TAVI. This work on vascular stiffness opens a new field of research in several areas of interventional cardiology. Regarding coronary artery disease, coronary pulse wave velocity could represent a way to better understand coronary perfusion, microcirculation, ischemia and the occurrence of coronary plaque rupture [etc...]

We present a case of a previously asymptomatic 63-year-old woman who presented with worsening dyspnoea for 3 weeks. Initial transthoracic and later transoesophageal echocardiography confirmed biventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy and a large secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) measuring 1.4 cm. Additionally, there was a haemodynamically significant left to right shunt causing acute decompensated systolic heart failure. She eventually underwent closure of the septal defect using a AMPLATZER Septal Occluder device. Decision to close the defect was made as the left to right shunt was causing severe pulmonary hypertension and acute heart failure. Since most heart failure treatments involve lowering of the LV afterload there was consideration that this could cause right to left shunting and could cause an Eisenmenger physiology. Hence the AMPLATZER Septal Occluder device was placed to eliminate the shunt through the ASD. The ASD combined with the non-compaction posed significant treatment challenge in this case.

During catheterized x-ray interventions the patient and medical staff is exposed to scatter radiation, as a consequence of tissue interactions. Ionizing radiation for medical purpose is potentially dangerous and can cause malignancy, skin damage and more. Studies have suggested an increase in the prevalence of eye lens cataract, thyroid cancer and left sided brain tumors in doctors. Therefore, it is mandatory to reduce the radiation dose in medicine, a principle known as ALARA (as low as Reasonably Achievable). Lead aprons, collars and shieldings are safety precautions to protect the team in the operating room. The x-ray equipment and surgical techniques are constantly evolving and the interventions become more complex which may increase the x-ray dose. Although x-ray imaging is required in interventional procedures endeavors of reducing radiation exposure to staff is of high interest. There is a need to increase the awareness about scatter radiation and radiation protection efforts are gaining momentum. Initiative to train a dose reducing behavior by education and awareness are key documents within the European Union’s guidelines on Radiation protection. The aims of this thesis were to create a 3D model for representation of real-time exposure and accumulated scatter radiation to staff performing interventional x-ray procedures and identify parameters that affect the scatter radiation. Extensive measurements were made with real time dosimeters while irradiating an anthropomorphic phantom. For five lateral C-arm projections, 68 - 80 data points each were used to measure scatter dose distribution around the patient. In the typical operator position, the effect of craniocaudal projection angle, patient size, field size, image detector height and pulse rate on scatter radiation dose was also investigated. It was possible to create a 3D model from interpolated measurement data that can generate dose rate with promising results. Six out of eight modelled doses deviated +/- 26.6 % from the validation cases. A model that delivers relative dose is an intuitive approach in education for interventional x-ray radiation safety. The staff position in relation to the x-ray source and the patient size have a significant correlation to the dose rate. Additional measurements are needed to ensure the reliability of the model. This work completes the effect of scatter radiation distribution around the patient table, which is not yet evaluated as thoroughly by other authors.

Il y a plus de 40 ans, la cardiologie interventionnelle a vu le jour et n’a cessé de révolutionner la prise en charge de l’athérosclérose coronarienne. Les endoprothèses vasculaires biorésorbables (BVS) avaient été conçues pour pallier les risques liés à la présence permanente de tuteurs métalliques dans les artères. En principe, ils fournissent de manière transitoire un soutien mécanique pour le scellement des dissections et la prévention du vasospasme et du remodelage constrictif en plus d’une élution médicamenteuse avant de se résorber et restaurer la vasomotricité coronarienne. L’enthousiasme autour des endoprothèses biorésorbables ABSORB™ était mitigé par un risque soutenu de thrombose du tuteur. Ce mémoire traitera en premier lieu des bases moléculaires de l’athérosclérose. Il abordera ensuite la prise en charge de la coronaropathie athérosclérotique ainsi que l’histoire de la cardiologie interventionnelle et ses différentes révolutions. Ensuite, deux études cliniques ont été conduites dans le cadre de ce travail et seront présentées. La première étude évalue le rôle du BVS dans la revascularisation de la coronaropathie extensive (multivaisseaux ou diffuse) et a montré que, dans un contexte aussi peu favorable au déploiement d’un tuteur coronarien, ABSORB™ a présenté des résultats cliniques acceptables à très long terme comparativement aux tuteurs métalliques de deuxième génération. La deuxième étude s’intéresse quant à elle aux caractéristiques angiographiques de resténose des BVS. Elle a démontré qu’à long terme, la resténose des BVS devient de plus en plus diffuse, et était associée à des issues cliniques moins favorables. Le dernier chapitre de ce mémoire se constitue d’une ouverture conclusive présentant les différentes endoprothèses biorésorbables actuellement à l’étude ou en cours de développement en soulignant leurs principales différences avec ABSORB™. / More than 40 years ago, interventional cardiology was born and has continued to revolutionize the management of coronary atherosclerosis. Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds (BVS) were designed to alleviate the risks associated with the permanent presence of metal stents in the arteries. In theory, they provide a transient mechanical support for sealing dissections and preventing vasospasm and constrictive remodeling in addition to a drug-eluting function before complete bioresorption and restoration of coronary vasomotion. Enthusiasm around the ABSORB™ bioresorbable scaffold was mitigated by a sustained risk of scaffold thrombosis. This thesis will first review the molecular basis of atherosclerosis. It will then discuss the management of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, the history of interventional cardiology and its multiple revolutions. Then, two clinical studies that were conducted as part of this work will be presented. The first study that evaluates the role of BVS in the revascularization of extensive coronary artery disease (multivessel or diffuse) showed that, in such an unfavorable context for the deployment of a coronary stent, ABSORB™ has shown acceptable clinical results in the very long term compared to second generation drug-eluting stents. The second study focuses on the angiographic patterns of BVS restenosis. It showed that in the long term, the pattern of restenosis tended to be more diffuse than focal and that restenosis was associated with less favorable clinical outcomes. The final chapter of this thesis presents the different bioresorbable scaffolds currently under study or under development while highlighting their main differences with ABSORB™.