Effect of Patient-Reported Preprocedural Physical and Mental Health on 10-Year Mortality After Percutaneous or

Masafumi Ono1,2,3, Patrick W Serruys2,3,4, Scot Garg5

  • 1Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra, University of Amsterdam, Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, The Netherlands (M.O., H.K., H.H., J.J.W., J.J.P.).

Circulation
|July 21, 2022
PubMed

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For complex coronary artery disease, preprocedural physical and mental health significantly impacts 10-year survival after revascularization. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) offers better survival than percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with high physical and mental health scores.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Health Outcomes Research
  • Interventional Cardiology

Background:

  • Clinical and anatomical factors guide revascularization decisions for complex coronary artery disease (CAD).
  • The impact of preprocedural physical and mental health on outcomes after PCI or CABG is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between self-reported physical and mental health and 10-year mortality after PCI versus CABG in patients with complex CAD.
  • To determine if preprocedural health status modifies the treatment effect of PCI compared to CABG.

Main Methods:

  • Subgroup analysis of the SYNTAXES trial, including 1656 patients with left-main or 3-vessel CAD.
  • Patients stratified by terciles of Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores from the SF-36 survey.
  • Primary endpoint: all-cause death at 10 years.

Main Results:

  • Higher PCS and MCS scores were independently associated with lower 10-year mortality.
  • CABG showed a survival benefit over PCI in patients with the highest PCS and MCS scores (Pinteraction=0.033 for PCS, Pinteraction=0.015 for MCS).
  • In patients with high PCS and MCS, 10-year mortality was 30.5% with PCI vs. 12.2% with CABG (HR 2.87, P=0.001).

Conclusions:

  • Patient-reported preprocedural physical and mental health strongly predicts long-term mortality in complex CAD.
  • Health status modifies the relative effectiveness of PCI versus CABG.
  • Assessing self-reported health is crucial for selecting optimal revascularization strategies.
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