Impact of Body Mass Index on Short-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Table 4

Vascular and nonvascular complications occurring within 24 to 48 hours in patients undergoing PCI according to BMI category.

	NW; ()	OW; ()	OB; ()	valu
Vascular complications	88 (8.2)	187 (7.2)	149 (5.3)	0.001
Nonvascular in-lab complications	43 (4.0)	87 (3.3)	87 (3.1)	0.386
Nonvascular postprocedural complications	11 (1.0)	20 (0.8)	25 (0.9)	0.725

Values are presented as (%).
BMI: body mass index; NW: normal weight; OW: overweight; OB: obese; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention.
values for chi-squared tests.
Vascular complications were defined as hematoma (>5 cm), pseudoaneurysm, arteriovenous fistula, vascular occlusion, access site bleeding, retroperitoneal bleed, loss of distal pulse, or occlusion.
Nonvascular complications occurring in-lab included abrupt coronary closure, emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), access site complications, death, ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation, pulmonary edema, shock, and dissection.
Nonvascular postprocedural complications included death, myocardial infarction, emergency CABG, abrupt coronary closure, hemorrhagic or ischemic CVA, and GI bleed.