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. 2018 Oct 24;8(10):e023133. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023133

Table 4.

In-hospital adverse events of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) during 2011–2014

2011 2012 2013 2014 P values trend
(n=30 800) (n=34 974) (n=39 361) (n=39 361)
n n n n n ‰
Complication 496 16.1 539 15.4 429 10.9 256 6.5 <0.0001
During procedure* 342 11.1 334 9.5 269 6.8 151 3.8 <0.0001
 Slow flow 201 6.5 168 4.8 159 4.0 87 2.2 <0.0001
 Serious dissection 71 2.3 75 2.1 64 1.6 32 0.8 <0.0001
 Acute thrombosis 54 1.8 48 1.4 36 0.9 23 0.6 <0.0001
 Perforation 22 0.7 32 0.9 17 0.4 17 0.4 <0.05
 Cardiac tamponade 11 0.4 17 0.5 9 0.2 7 0.2 <0.05
 Acute occlusion 11 0.4 24 0.7 19 0.5 12 0.3 0.38
Post-procedure 154 5.0 205 5.9 160 4.0 105 2.7 <0.0001
 Acute/subacute ST 46 1.5 49 1.4 37 0.9 30 0.8 <0.001
 Organ failure 37 1.2 31 0.9 29 0.7 19 0.5 <0.001
  Organ support 8 0.3 2 0.0 7 0.2 3 0.0 0.15
 Major bleeding/haematoma 19 0.6 19 0.5 23 0.6 6 0.2 <0.01
 Organ bleeding 14 0.5 21 0.6 11 0.3 11 0.3 0.06
 Postoperative MI 10 0.3 20 0.6 14 0.4 7 0.2 0.10
 Contrast reaction 7 0.2 10 0.3 3 0.0 2 0.0 <0.01
 Postoperative infection 5 0.2 6 0.2 8 0.2 3 0.0 0.40
 Thromboembolism 4 0.1 11 0.3 2 0.0 2 0.0 <0.05
 Emergent surgery 4 0.1 2 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 0.18
 Others 28 0.9 56 1.6 43 1.1 26 0.7 0.06
Death 166 5.4 179 5.1 150 3.8 113 2.9 <0.0001
During PCI 41 1.3 30 0.9 22 0.6 16 0.4 <0.0001
 Cardiogenic
 Yes 34 1.1 25 0.7 16 0.4 16 0.4 <0.0001
 No 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0.52
 Uncertain 6 0.2 4 0.1 4 0.1 0 0.0 <0.05
PCI related
 Yes 4 0.1 1 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.1 0.76
 No 23 0.7 15 0.4 11 0.3 11 0.3 <0.01
 Uncertain 14 0.5 14 0.4 10 0.3 1 0.0 <0.001
Post-PCI 125 4.1 149 4.3 128 3.2 97 2.5 <0.0001
Cardiogenic
 Yes 102 3.3 108 3.1 108 2.7 82 2.1 <0.01
 No 10 0.3 22 0.6 8 0.2 9 0.2 0.08
Uncertain 13 0.4 19 0.5 12 0.3 6 0.2 <0.05
PCI related
 Yes 4 0.1 5 0.1 7 0.2 8 0.2 0.40
 No 88 2.9 120 3.4 100 2.5 80 2.0 <0.01
 Uncertain 33 1.1 24 0.7 21 0.6 9 0.2 <0.0001

MI, myocardial infarction; ST, stent thrombosis.