Key result
Vital exhaustion after successful PTCA was independently associated with an increased risk of future cardiac events over 1.5 years (OR 3.07; P=0.04).
Why the study?
Does vital exhaustion after successful PTCA predict new cardiac events in male patients?
Cohort (n=105)
Does vital exhaustion after successful PTCA predict new cardiac events in male patients?
Effect estimate: OR 3.07
p-value: p=0.04
Vital exhaustion after successful PTCA is an independent predictor of recurrent cardiac events, highlighting the prognostic importance of psychosocial and somatic symptoms in coronary artery disease.
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May support vital exhaustion screening post-PTCA in men; leaves open whether intervention reduces events.
Appels et al. (1995) conducted a cohort in Coronary artery disease post-PTCA (n=105). Vital exhaustion was evaluated on New cardiac event (cardiac death, myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting, repeat PTCA, a new coronary lesion or recurrent angina with documented ischaemia) (OR 3.07, p=0.04). Vital exhaustion after successful PTCA was independently associated with an increased risk of future cardiac events over 1.5 years (OR 3.07; P=0.04).
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