Long-Term Outcomes of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack after Non-Emergency Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Elective percutaneous coronary intervention is increasing in volume, which may be due to an increased use of CT coronary angiography as a first-line investigation for the evaluation of chest pain.1,2 Stroke is a debilitating neurological complication with increasing incidence after PCI in recent years, due to an increasing complexity of patients.3 Large observational and randomized controlled studies found that peri-procedural stroke occurred in 0.13-0.4% of unselected patients who underwent PCI.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - April 14, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Jamie SY Ho, Ching-Hui Sia, Andie Hartanto Djohan, Rodney Yu-Hang Soh, Benjamin YQ Tan, Leonard LL Yeo, Hui-Wen Sim, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Huay-Cheem Tan, Mark Yan-Yee Chan, Joshua Ping-Yun Loh Source Type: research