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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Cancer Patients: A Report of the Prevalence and Outcomes in the United States

Potts, JE; Lopez Mattei, JC; Martinez, SC; Fischman, DL; Mamas, M; Iliescu, CA; Holmvang, L; Kwok, CS; Ludman, P; De Belder, MA; Rashid, M

Authors

JC Lopez Mattei

SC Martinez

DL Fischman

CA Iliescu

L Holmvang

CS Kwok

P Ludman

MA De Belder



Abstract

This study aims to examine the temporal trends and outcomes in patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with a previous or current diagnosis of cancer, according to cancer type and the presence of metastases.

Methods and results
Individuals undergoing PCI between 2004 and 2014 in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample were included in the study. Multivariable analyses were used to determine the association between cancer diagnosis and in-hospital mortality and complications. 6 571 034 PCI procedures were included and current and previous cancer rates were 1.8% and 5.8%, respectively. Both rates increased over time and the four most common cancers were prostate, breast, colon, and lung cancer. Patients with a current lung cancer had greater in-hospital mortality (odds ratio (OR) 2.81, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 2.37–3.34) and any in-hospital complication (OR 1.21, 95% CI 1.10–1.36), while current colon cancer was associated with any complication (OR 2.17, 95% CI 1.90–2.48) and bleeding (OR 3.65, 95% CI 3.07–4.35) but not mortality (OR 1.39, 95% CI 0.99–1.95). A current diagnosis of breast was not significantly associated with either in-hospital mortality or any of the complications studied and prostate cancer was only associated with increased risk of bleeding (OR 1.41, 95% CI 1.20–1.65). A historical diagnosis of lung cancer was independently associated with an increased OR of in-hospital mortality (OR 1.65, 95% CI 1.32–2.05).

Conclusions
Cancer among patients receiving PCI is common and the prognostic impact of cancer is specific both for the type of cancer, presence of metastases and whether the diagnosis is historical or current. Treatment of patients with a cancer diagnosis should be individualized and involve a close collaboration between cardiologists and oncologists.

Acceptance Date Oct 25, 2018
Publication Date Jun 7, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal European Heart Journal
Print ISSN 0195-668X
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 1790-+
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy769
Keywords PCI, cancer, complications, mortality
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy769