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Abstract

Aims:

Rheumatologic disorders are characterised by inflammation and an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the association between rheumatologic disorders and long-term prognosis in CAD patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is unknown. Thus, we aimed to examine the association between rheumatologic disorders and long-term prognosis in CAD patients undergoing PCI.

Methods and results:

A post-hoc analysis was performed in 4605 patients (age: 63.3 ± 11.0 years; male: 76.6%) with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI; n = 1396), non-STEMI (n = 1541), and stable CAD (n = 1668) from the all-comer stent trials, the BAsel Stent Kosten-Effektivitäts Trial-PROspective Validation Examination (BASKET-PROVE) I and II trials. We evaluated the association between rheumatologic disorders and 2-year major adverse cardiac events (MACEs; cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), and target vessel revascularisation (TVR)) by Cox regression analysis. Patients with rheumatologic disorders (n = 197) were older, more often female, had a higher prevalence of renal disease, multi-vessel coronary disease, and bifurcation lesions, and had longer total stent lengths. During the 2-year follow-up, the MACE rate was 8.6% in the total cohort. After adjustment for potential confounders, rheumatologic disorders were associated with MACEs in the total cohort (adjusted hazard ratio: 1.55; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04–2.31) driven by the STEMI subgroup (adjusted hazard ratio: 2.38; 95% CI: 1.26–4.51). In all patients, rheumatologic disorders were associated with all-cause death (adjusted hazard ratio: 2.05; 95% CI: 1.14–3.70), cardiac death (adjusted hazard ratio: 2.63; 95% CI: 1.27–5.43), and non-fatal MI (adjusted hazard ratio: 2.64; 95% CI: 1.36–5.13), but not with TVR (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.81; 95% CI: 0.41–1.58).

Conclusions:

The presence of rheumatologic disorders appears to be independently associated with worse outcome in CAD patients undergoing PCI. This calls for further studies and focus on this high-risk group of patients following PCI.

Keywords

Coronary artery disease rheumatologic disorders prognosis revascularisation

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Long-term outcomes in patients with rheumatologic disorders undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a BAsel Stent Kosten-Effektivitäts Trial-PROspective Validation Examination (BASKET-PROVE) sub-study