Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Nepal
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12970/2311-052X.2015.03.01.4Keywords:
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Femoral access, Radial accessAbstract
Introduction: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an important aspect of management of ischemic heart disease. The use of PCI has expanded with importance on minimizing post-procedural vascular and bleeding complications while maintaining procedural success. The radial artery has emerged as an alternative to the femoral artery for the access sitefor the procedure.
Objectives: The main objective of the study was to assess the trend of PCI, procedural outcome and complications.
Methods: This is a retrospective study which included four thousand two hundred and eighty eight patients who had underwent percutaneous coronary intervention during the study period of ten years from 2002 to 2012. The data on demographic profile, angiographic characteristics, outcome and complications of the procedure were analyzed.
Results: The mean age of the patients was50 ± 10.5 years ranging from 21 to 91 years. The79.5% (3409) were male and 20.5% (879) were female. The 75.3 % (3228) of the PCI were elective procedure. The 94.38% (4047) of the patient had single vessel PCI and 241(5.62%) had multivessels PCI. The PCI to LAD was the most common in 2153 (47.43%) followed by RCA 1401(30.87%) and then LCX 957 (21.08%). Overall success rate of the procedure was 95.03%. The mortality was observed in 1.07% (46) of the patients. The use of radial artery access for the PCI has a rising trend over years. The 43.5% of the procedure were performed from the radial access in 2012.
Conclusion: Percutaneous coronary intervention in Nepal is increasing every year with accepted success rate and complication. With experience more complex cases are being done. Radial PCI has increasing trend.
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