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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Diabetes has been well recognized as a strong predictor for adverse outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), however, studies in the era of drug-eluting stent and potent P2Y12 inhibitors have shown conflicting results. We aimed to assess ischemic and bleeding outcomes after contemporary PCI according to diabetic status. METHODS: We studied 15,957 patients undergoing PCI for stable or acute coronary syndrome in the GLOBAL LEADERS study with known baseline diabetic status. The primary endpoint was all-cause death or new Q-wave myocardial infarction at 2 years. The secondary safety endpoint was major bleeding defined as bleeding academic research consortium (BARC) type 3 or 5. RESULTS: A quarter of the study cohort were diabetic (4038/15,957), and these patients had a significantly higher risk of primary endpoint at 2 years compared to non-diabetics (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 1.38; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.17-1.63). The difference was driven by a significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality at 2 years in diabetics (adjusted HR 1.47, 95% CI 1.22-1.78). The risk of BARC 3 or 5 bleeding was comparable between the two groups (adjusted HR 1.09, 95% CI 0.86-1.39). The antiplatelet strategy (experimental versus reference strategy) had no significant effect on the rates of primary endpoint and secondary safety endpoint at 2 years in patients with and without diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: Diabetic patients had higher risk of ischemic events after PCI than non-diabetic patients, whilst bleeding risk was comparable. The outcomes of diabetic patients following PCI were not affected by the two different antiplatelet strategies.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2020.01.002

Type

Journal article

Journal

Atherosclerosis

Publication Date

02/2020

Volume

295

Pages

45 - 53

Keywords

Coronary artery disease, Diabetes, Drug-eluting stents, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Ticagrelor, Aged, Case-Control Studies, Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes Complications, Drug-Eluting Stents, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Ischemia, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Survival Rate, Treatment Outcome