Ten-Year Outcomes of Patients with Left Main Coronary Artery Disease and Diabetes Mellitus Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Long-term outcomes of patients with left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease and diabetes mellitus (DM) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are incompletely investigated. The aim of this study was to assess the 10-year clinical outcomes after PCI according to diabetic status and antidiabetic therapy in patients with LMCA. Methods: This study represents a pooled analysis of two randomized trials (n = 1257 patients) on LMCA PCI focused on the prespecified subgroups of diabetic patients. Patients were categorized in groups according to the diabetic status and antidiabetic therapy (oral drugs or insulin therapy). The primary endpoint was 10-year all-cause mortality. Results: Overall, 361 patients had DM (246 patients on oral an

SUBMITTER: Bresha J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12734061 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature