Clinical-angiographic profile andcharacteristics of percutaneouscoronary interventions forthrombus-containing lesions

ABSTRACT Background Clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions depend on clinical, angiographic and procedure-related characteristics. The present study aimed to analyze patients with thrombus-containing lesions to study how the variables of interest influence in-hospital mortality. Methods A retrospective study of procedures registered on the Central Nacional de Intervencoes Cardiovasculares (CENIC) between 2006 and 2016, divided into three periods. Results The sample comprised 22,587 patients. There were 22,978 procedures; in that, 25,107 vessels were treated, 23,237 (92.5%) of which with stents. [...]