Ofer Kobo, Yaniv Levi, Rami Abu-Fanne, Clemens Von Birgelen, Antoine Guédès, Adel Aminian, Peep Laanmets, Willem Dewilde, Adam Witkowski, Jacques Monsegu, Andres Romo Iniguez, Majdi Halabi, Mamas A Mamas, Ariel Roguin
AIMS: A substantial proportion of the patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have none of the of standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (SMuRFs): hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia and smoking. The aim of this analysis was to compare clinical outcomes after PCI according to the number of SMuRFs. METHODS: Patients with an indication for a PCI were stratified based upon the number of SMuRFs: 0, 1, 2 or 3-4. The primary outcome was target lesion failure (TLF), a composite of cardiac death, target vessel-related myocardial infarction or clinically driven target lesion revascularization at 1-year...
April 2024: IJC Heart & Vasculature