Impact of extracardiac vascular disease on acute prognosis in patients who undergo percutaneous coronary interventions (data from the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium [BMC 2])

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 92; no. 8; pp. 972 - 974
• Main Authors: Mukherjee, Debabrata, Eagle, Kim A, Smith, Dean E, Kline-Rogers, Eva M, Chetcuti, Stanley, Grossman, P.Michael, Nallamothu, Brahmajee, O'Donnell, Michael, DeFranco, Anthony, Maxwell-Eward, Ann, McGinnity, John, Meengs, William M, Patel, Kirit, Moscucci, Mauro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15.10.2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Transfusion - statistics & numerical data; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cohort Studies; Female; Heart; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Michigan; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Peripheral Vascular Diseases - complications; Peripheral Vascular Diseases - mortality; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Stroke - etiology; Human; Vascular disease; Prognosis; Angioplasty; Acute; Instrumentation therapy; Cardiovascular disease; Data; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Phlebology; WHO
• ISSN: 0002-9149; 1879-1913
• DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00981-0

Extracardiac vascular disease is associated with an increased risk of in-hospital mortality and other complications after coronary interventions, independent from other co-morbidities and baseline characteristics. The underlying cause of this significant association is unclear, but it warrants further investigation in an attempt to improve outcome in this high-risk cohort.