ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To identify predictors of adverse events after PTCA during hospitalization and after hospital discharge in a private hospital in Puerto Rico. BACKGROUND: A review of the literature shows limited information about predictors of adverse events associated to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in Hispanic patients. METHODS: This is a non-concurrent prospective study. Baseline variables were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression to identify predictors of adverse events. Data were collected from medical charts and telephone reports from referring physicians. RESULTS: Data from 197 subjects undergoing PTCA were analyzed for this study. Median age of patients was 65 years, and 62.9% of patients were male. Angiographic success rate was 81.6%. A total of 8.1% of patients had at least one in-hospital adverse event, and 39.8% had at least one adverse event after hospital discharge. After multivariate analysis, a statistically significant association was found between the presence of at least one lesion with residual stenosis of 50% or greater and the risk of developing adverse events in-hospital (RO 11.75; 95% CI 4.32-31.97). A marginally significant association was found between family history of heart disease (RO 2.75; 95% CI 0.93-8.11) and the risk of adverse events during hospitalization. Family history of heart disease (RO 1.41; 95% CI 0.98-2.04) and the presence of at least one lesion with residual stenosis of 50% or greater (RO 2.87; 95% CI 0.82-10.01) showed marginally significant associations with increased risk for adverse events after discharge. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that the presence of at least one lesion with residual stenosis of 50% or greater and family history of heart disease may be risk factors for adverse events after PTCA during hospitalization and after discharge.
