Complex High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Types, Trends, and Outcomes in Nonsurgical Centres

BACKGROUND: Limited data are available on complex high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (CHiP) trends and outcomes in nonsurgical centres (NSCs), particularly in health care systems where most centres are NSCs. METHODS: Using data from a national registry, we studied the characteristics and outcomes of CHiP procedures performed for stable angina from 2006 to 2017 according to the presence or absence of on-site surgical cover. Multivariate regression analyses and propensity score matching were used to determine risks for in-hospital death, major bleeding, and major cardiovascular or cerebral events (MACCE). RESULTS: Out of 134,730 CHiP procedures, 42,433 (31.5%) were performed in NSCs, increasing from 12.5% in 2006 to 42% in 2017. Compared with surgical centres (SCs), patients who had a CHiP procedure undertaken in NSCs were, on average, 2.4 years older and had a greater prevalence of cardiovascular risks. Common CHiP procedures performed in NSCs included poor left ventricular function (41.6%), chronic renal failure (38.8%), and chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention (31.1%). NSC-based CHiP is associated with lower odds of mortality (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.5-0.8) and major bleeding (aOR 0.7, 95% CI 0.6-0.8). In both groups, MACCE odds were similar (aOR 1.0, 95% CI 0.9-1.1). CONCLUSIONS: CHiP numbers have steadily increased in NSCs. NSC patients were older and had a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risks than SC patients. Mortality and major bleeding odds were significantly lower in those cases undertaken in NSCs, although MACCE odds were not different between the groups.