Research Article

The Impact of Intracoronary Imaging on PCI Outcomes in Cases Utilising Rotational Atherectomy: An Analysis of 8,417 Rotational Atherectomy Cases from the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Database

Table 3

Crude outcomes by intracoronary imaging use in patients undergoing RA-PCI in England and Wales, 2007−2014.

VariableAll (n = 8417)No imaging (n = 7138)Imaging (n = 1279) value

Transfusion, no. (%)68 (0.8)53 (0.7)15 (1.2)0.09
Postprocedural stroke, no. (%)8 (0.1)7 (0.1)1 (0.1)1.00
Emergency CABG, no. (%)6 (0.1)6 (0.1)0 (0)-
GI bleed, no. (%)9 (0.1)8 (0.1)1 (0.1)1.00
Periprocedural MI, no. (%)77 (0.9)62 (0.9)15 (1.2)0.40
Acute kidney injury, no. (%)18 (0.2)14 (0.2)4 (0.3)0.69
Tamponade, no. (%)51 (0.6)42 (0.6)9 (0.7)0.82
In-hospital death, no. (%)113 (1.3)97 (1.4)16 (1.3)0.89
In-hospital major bleed, no. (%)139 (1.7)113 (1.6)26 (2)0.36
In-hospital MACCE, no. (%)192 (2.3)162 (2.3)30 (2.3)1.00
Dissection, no. (%)257 (3.1)204 (2.9)53 (4.1)0.03
Perforation, no. (%)91 (1.1)73 (1)18 (1.4)0.25
Heart block, no. (%)54 (0.6)48 (0.7)6 (0.5)0.55
Slow flow, no. (%)67 (0.8)57 (0.8)10 (0.8)1.00
Sidebranch loss, no. (%)74 (0.9)60 (0.8)14 (1.1)0.36
Shock induction, no. (%)43 (0.5)32 (0.4)11 (0.9)0.03
Any complication, no. (%)519 (6.2)423 (5.9)96 (7.5)0.03
Access site complications, no. (%)206 (2.5)162 (2.3)44 (3.6)0.01
Arterial haemorrhage, no. (%)44 (0.5)36 (0.5)8 (0.6)0.79
12-month survival, no. (%)689 (8.2)582 (8.2)107 (8.4)0.86
No. of lesions successful, ±SD1.6 ± 0.81.5 ± 0.81.7 ± 0.9<0.01
Residual diseased vessels post-PCI, ±SD0.5 ± 0.80.6 ± 0.80.5 ± 0.80.04
Length of hospital stay (days), ±SD3.1 ± 7.13 ± 7.13.3 ± 6.90.04