Coronary disease & ACSMeta-analysis

Smoking Status at Baseline and 10-Year Outcomes After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation

JACC Cardiovasc IntervPublished

  • Pooled individual participant data analysis of randomised trials
  • multivariable-adjusted

Authors' conclusion

In patients undergoing PCI with DES, smoking at baseline is associated with an increased risk of death, MI, and ST, but a lower risk of repeat revascularization through to 10 years.

Study context

Population
Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation with 10-year follow-up
Participants
9,527 patients · 5 randomised trials
Comparison
Smoking vs nonsmoking at baseline
  • Smokingn = 2,365
  • Nonsmokingn = 7,162reference
Outcome
All-cause death
Follow-up
10 years

Pooled result

As reported in the abstract

Adjusted hazard ratio

1.45

95% CI 1.33–1.59

Smoking vs Nonsmoking
HRadj 1.45 (95% CI 1.33–1.59)

Further pooled results

OutcomeHRadj (95% CI)
CV death · 10 years1.59 (1.41–1.80)
Definite stent thrombosis · 10 years2.09 (1.34–3.26)
MI · 1 to 10 years1.60 (1.36–1.90)

Myocardial infarction (MI) · 1 to 10 years

MI risk comparable in the first 30 days after PCI

Repeat revascularization

Lower risk of target lesion and target vessel revascularization with smoking
Comparable risk of non-target vessel revascularization

Original publication

Smoking Status at Baseline and 10-Year Outcomes After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. Published 19 March 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2024.12.028

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