Coronary disease & ACSMeta-analysis

Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Durable Polymer Cobalt-Chromium Everolimus-Eluting Stents in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

CirculationPublished

  • Pooled analysis of registries
  • 4 all-comers postapproval registries
  • stratified data

Authors' conclusion

Compared with the non-HBR population, HBR patients experienced worse 4-year outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention with cobalt-chromium everolimus-eluting stent. Both CTE and MB had a significant impact on subsequent risk of mortality irrespective of bleeding risk.

Study context

Population
Patients undergoing PCI with cobalt-chromium everolimus-eluting stent
Participants
10,502 patients · 4 registries
Comparison
High bleeding risk (HBR) vs non-HBR
  • HBRn = 3,507

Pooled result

Mortality · 4 years

Hazard ratio

4.38

95% CI 3.76–5.11

HBR vs Non-HBR
HR 4.38 (95% CI 3.76–5.11)

As reported in the abstract

Further pooled results

OutcomeHR (95% CI)
Mortality after CTE (MI or definite/probable stent thrombosis) · time-updated covariate5.02 (3.93–6.41)
Mortality after MB (TIMI or GUSTO) · time-updated covariate4.92 (3.82–6.35)
  • Mortality after coronary thrombotic events (CTE) (MI or definite/probable stent thrombosis): interaction P 0.97
  • Mortality after major bleeding (MB) (TIMI or GUSTO): interaction P 0.06

Mortality, HBR by Academic Research Consortium criteria

Results qualitatively similar

Original publication

Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Durable Polymer Cobalt-Chromium Everolimus-Eluting Stents in Patients at High Bleeding Risk. Circulation. Published 29 January 2020. doi:10.1161/circulationaha.119.041619

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it