Association between periprocedural bleeding and long-term outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention in older patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The authors sought to describe the association between post-procedural bleeding and long-term recurrent bleeding, major adverse cardiac events (MACE), and mortality among older patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Background

Bleeding complications after PCI are associated with an increased risk for acute morbidity and long-term mortality, but the association of these bleeding complications with other events is unknown.

Methods

Patients entered into the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) CathPCI Registry (n = 461,311; 946 sites) from January 2004 to December 2008 were linked with claims from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and grouped according to in-hospital post-PCI bleeding. The association between post-PCI

SUBMITTER: Rao SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3908902 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature