One-year major adverse cardiovascular events among same-day discharged patients after primary percutaneous coronary intervention at a tertiary care cardiac centre in Karachi, Pakistan: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Knowledge regarding the short-term outcomes after same-day discharge (SDD) post primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is lacking. In this study, we evaluated 1-year major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) among SDD patients after primary PCI.

Design

1-year follow-up analysis of a subset of patients from an existing prospective cohort study.

Setting

Tertiary care cardiac hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.

Participants

Consecutive patients, from August 2019 to July 2020, with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction who had undergone primary PCI with SDD (within 24 hours) after the procedure by the treating physician and with at least one successful follow-up up to 1 year.

Outcome measure

Cumulative MACE during follow-up at the interv

SUBMITTER: Shah JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10111899 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature