Morbidity and Mortality Conference for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Risk of coronary surgery for hospital and early morbidity and mortality after initially successful percutaneous intervention.

This study examines the influence of a successful PCI upon preoperative patient profile, peroperative management and postoperative, including one-year follow-up, results. From January 1999 through December 2001, 1141 patients (91%) underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) as the primary intervention for myocardial revascularization (group A) and 113 patients (9%) underwent primary CABG ...

Mortality and morbidity reduction by primary percutaneous coronary intervention is independent of the patient's age.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to obtain a valid estimate of the clinical effects of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in relation to age. BACKGROUND Treatment with PPCI is most beneficial in high-risk myocardial infarction patients. Paradoxically, elderly patients, who are at increased risk of adverse outcome, are often withheld PPCI. METHODS Individual patient data w...

Risk stratification for long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention.

BACKGROUND A simple risk score to predict long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using preprocedural risk factors is currently not available. In this study, we created one by simplifying the results of a Cox proportional hazards model. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 11,897 patients who underwent PCI from October through December 2003 in New York State were randomly...

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and 30-Day Mortality: The CANADA Score

Prediction of Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

BACKGROUND Current risk models for predicting long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention are restricted to all-cause mortality. We sought to develop novel risk models for the prediction of cardiac and noncardiac mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention. METHODS AND RESULTS We retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent index percutaneous coronary intervention ...