Association of Coronary Stent Indication With Postoperative Outcomes Following Noncardiac Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Current guidelines for delaying surgery after coronary stent placement are based on stent type. However, the indication for the stent may be an important risk factor for postoperative major adverse cardiac events (MACE).

Objective

To determine whether the clinical indication for a coronary stent is associated with postoperative MACE.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study in patients at US Veterans Affairs hospitals who had a coronary stent placed between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2010, and underwent noncardiac surgery within the following 24 months. The association between the indication for stent and postoperative MACE rates was examined using logistic regression to control for patient and procedure factors.

Exposures

SUBMITTER: Holcomb CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4893305 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature