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Characteristics and outcomes of surgically ineligible patients with multivessel disease treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.

Mary C ShieldsMichelle OuelletteNicholas KieferLuke KohanAngela M TaylorGorav AilawadiMichael Ragosta
Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2021)
Patients undergoing PCI for multivessel disease who are surgically ineligible have multiple risk factors and comorbidities. Frailty, lung disease, poor left ventricular function, and high STS score represent common reasons for surgical ineligibility. Frailty and the STS score better predict one-year outcomes after PCI compared to the SYNTAX score.
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