Journal article
Incidence and risk factors for stroke following percutaneous coronary intervention
LP Dawson, JA Cole, TF Lancefield, AE Ajani, N Andrianopoulos, AG Thrift, DJ Clark, AL Brennan, M Freeman, J O'Brien, M Sebastian, W Chan, JA Shaw, D Dinh, CM Reid, SJ Duffy
International Journal of Stroke | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2020
Abstract
Background: Stroke rates and risk factors may change as percutaneous coronary intervention practice evolves and no data are available comparing stroke incidence after percutaneous coronary intervention to the general population. Aims: This study aimed to identify the incidence and risk factors for inpatient and subsequent stroke following percutaneous coronary intervention with comparison to age-matched controls. Methods: Data were prospectively collected from 22,618 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the Melbourne Interventional Group registry (2005–2015). The cohort was compared to the North-East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study population-based cohort (1997–1999) an..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Professor Duffy's work is supported by a NHMRC grant. Professor Reid is supported by a NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship (1045862). Professor Thrift's work was supported by NHMRC project grants (154600, 307900) and a senior research fellowship (1042600). The Melbourne Interventional Group acknowledges funding from Abbott, Astra-Zeneca, Medtronic, MSD, Pfizer, Servier and The Medicines Company. These companies do not have access to data and do not have the right to review manuscripts or abstracts before publication.