Long-term Outcomes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Australian Private Hospitals: Results in the First 2000 Patients from a National Multi-centre Registry

Aim: To define long-term mortality rates post percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) utilising a large multi-centre Australian registry, focusing on stent type (bare metal and drug eluting). Methods: The cohort consisted of 10 682 patients undergoing PCI in the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) registry between 2004 and 2010. Thirty-day, 12monthmortality rates were defined as well as longer term mortality rates, defined by linkage to the National Death Index. Deaths were analysed according to timing, aetiology (% cardiac), stent type (bare (BMS) vs. drug eluting (DES)) and mortality predictors were determined. Results: The cohort (mean age 64.4± 12.0 years) comprised 75.0% males with 25.2% ST elevation MI (STEMI). DES were used in 43.3% of cases. Thirty day, 12-month between BMS and DES (after allowing for an early excess of deaths in the BMS group).