Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes Based on Decision-Making Capacity.

ABSTRACT: Background Long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) based on patients' decision-making ability have not been studied. Our objective was to assess long-term outcomes after PCI in patients who provided individual versus surrogate consent. Methods and Results Data were collected retrospectively for patients who underwent PCI at Cleveland Clinic between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016. Inclusion criteria consisted of hospitalized patients aged ≥20 years who had PCI. Patients with outpatient PCI, or major surgery 30 days before or 90 days after PCI, were excluded. Patients who underwent PCI with surrogate consent versus individual consent were matched using the propensity analysis. Kaplan-Meier, log rank, t-statistic, and χ² tests were used for stat

SUBMITTER: Singh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8649233 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature