Impact of diabetes mellitus in patients undergoing contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention: Results from a Korean nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite an obvious improvement in the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) and survival rate of patients with CAD during recent decades, diabetes mellitus (DM) is still considered a risk factor of adverse clinical outcomes in these patients. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the clinical implications of DM in patients with CAD who underwent contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods

Based on the National Health Insurance claims data in South Korea, patients aged 18 years or older who had undergone PCI for the diagnosis of CAD between 2011 and 2015 were analyzed. Patients were classified into the DM (n = 26,872) and non-DM (n = 54,243) groups. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality, and it was compared between the two groups via a pro

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6287858 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature