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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 22.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2019 Jan 22;139(4):458–472. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.033325

Table 4:

1-year post-discharge MACE and all-cause mortality by operator volume

MACE Mortality
Unadjusted HR
(95% CI)
Adjusted HR
(95% CI)
Unadjusted HR
(95% CI)
Adjusted HR
(95% CI)
Overall
 High vs. low volume 1.07 (1.04–1.11)* 1.01 (0.99–1.04) 1.11 (1.07–1.15)* 1.04 (1.00–1.08)
 Intermediate vs. low volume 1.03 (1.00–1.06)* 0.99 (0.96–1.01) 1.07 (1.03–1.11)* 1.01 (0.97–1.05)
STEMI only
 High vs. low volume 1.04 (0.98–1.10) 0.98 (0.93–1.04) 1.07 (1.00–1.15) 1.01 (0.94–1.09)
 Intermediate vs. low volume 1.01 (0.95–1.07) 0.97 (0.91–1.03) 1.06 (0.98–1.14) 1.00 (0.93–1.08)
UA/NSTEMI only
 High vs. low volume 1.07 (1.04–1.11)* 1.00 (0.97–1.04) 1.13 (1.08–1.19)* 1.04 (1.00–1.09)
 Intermediate vs. low volume 1.03 (0.99–1.06) 1.00 (0.97–1.04) 1.08 (1.03–1.13)* 1.04 (0.99–1.09)
Stable angina only
 High vs. low volume 1.04 (0.97–1.11) 0.98 (0.92–1.04) 1.01 (0.92–1.11) 0.93 (0.84–1.02)
 Intermediate vs. low volume 0.96 (0.89–1.03) 0.93 (0.87–0.99)* 0.94 (0.85–1.04) 0.89 (0.84–1.02)
Chronic total occlusion
 High vs. low volume 0.92 (0.82–1.04) 1.06 (0.93–1.21) 0.92 (0.78–1.08) 1.10 (0.93–1.31)
 Intermediate vs. low volume 1.00 (0.88–1.14) 1.01 (0.87–1.16) 1.02 (0.86–1.21) 1.03 (0.85–1.23)
Bifurcation lesion
 High vs. low volume 1.13 (1.05–1.22)* 1.07 (0.99–1.16) 1.11 (1.01–1.23)* 1.05 (0.95–1.16)
 Intermediate vs. low volume 1.03 (0.95–1.12) 1.00 (0.92–1.09) 0.99 (0.89–1.10) 0.95 (0.85–1.06)
Left main lesion
 High vs. low volume 1.05 (0.91–1.20) 0.97 (0.84–1.12) 1.13 (0.94–1.35) 1.01 (0.84–1.22)
 Intermediate vs. low volume 0.91 (0.79–1.06) 0.97 (0.84–1.12) 1.00 (0.83–1.22) 0.89 (0.73–1.10)
*

p < 0.05. MACE, major adverse cardiovascular events (all-cause death, readmission for myocardial infarction, unplanned revascularization); HR, hazard ratio; all other abbreviations per Table 3. Low-volume operators performed < 50 PCIs/year; intermediate-volume operators performed 50–100 PCIs/year; high-volume operators performed > 100 PCIs/year