Incidence, nature, and temporal trends of adverse events associated with noncardiac procedures among veterans with drug-eluting coronary artery stents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of adverse events with noncardiac procedures (NCP) after the use of drug eluting stents (DES) is not well studied. We sought to determine the incidence and temporal trends of adverse events in patients undergoing NCP after coronary DES.

Methods

We performed a retrospective review of patients receiving DES during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the Lexington VAMC between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2010 to determine the circumstances and the results of their NCP.

Results

We identified 1,092 patients who underwent at least one PCI with DES who were followed for at least 3 years. Of those, 452 patients (41%) had a NCP at a median of 534 days after PCI with 1,081 procedures (894 low-, 160 Intermediate-, and 27 high-risk) performed

SUBMITTER: Salters C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4476539 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature