Survival outcomes post percutaneous coronary intervention: Why the hype about stent type? Lessons from a healthcare system in India.

ABSTRACT: A prospective, multicenter study was initiated by the Government of Maharashtra, India, to determine predictors of long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for coronary artery disease, and to compare the effectiveness of drug-eluting stents (DESs) and bare-metal stents (BMSs) in patients undergoing PCI under government-funded insurance. The present analysis included 4595 patients managed between August 2012 and November 2016 at any of 110 participating centers. Using the classical multivariable regression and propensity-matching approach, we found age to be the most important predictor of 1-year mortality and target lesion revascularization at 1 year post-PCI. However, using machine learning methods to account for unmeasured confounders and bias in this large observat

SUBMITTER: Duggal B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5967815 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature