Long-term prognostic implication of extracardiac vascular disease in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 92; no. 8; pp. 964 - 966
• Main Authors: Nallamothu, Brahmajee K, Chetcuti, Stanley, Mukherjee, Debabrata, Eagle, Kim A, Grossman, P.Michael, Giri, Kartik, McKechnie, Ronald S, Kline-Rogers, Eva, Moscucci, Mauro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15.10.2003; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular disease; Cerebrovascular Disorders - complications; Clinical trials; Coronary Disease - complications; Coronary Disease - mortality; Coronary Disease - therapy; Coronary vessels; Female; Heart; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Patients; Peripheral Vascular Diseases - complications; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Registries; Risk Factors; Survival Analysis; Human; Vascular disease; Prognosis; Angioplasty; Instrumentation therapy; Cardiovascular disease; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Long term; Phlebology
• ISSN: 0002-9149; 1879-1913
• DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00978-0

Patients with extracardiac vascular disease were identified from 2,372 consecutive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) cases performed between 1997 and 2001. After multivariate adjustment, we found the presence of extracardiac vascular disease to be associated with a significantly higher risk for late mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 1.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.0 to 2.0, p = 0.029). When extracardiac vascular disease was separated into cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease, cerebrovascular disease was less common but was associated with a trend towards worse survival.