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    • Interventional Cardiology
    • Medical Statistics

    Background:

    • Complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly utilized in myocardial revascularization.
    • Understanding the risks associated with complex PCI is crucial for patient management.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To systematically review and meta-analyze the association between complex PCI and ischemic and bleeding outcomes.
    • To evaluate the certainty of evidence for these associations using the GRADE framework.

    Main Methods:

    • A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of studies reporting adjusted and unadjusted risk estimates.
    • Inclusion of data from 290,039 patients, with 33% undergoing complex PCI.
    • Assessment of outcomes including myocardial infarction, major bleeding, death, stent thrombosis, revascularization, and stroke.

    Main Results:

    • Complex PCI was associated with a significantly higher risk of myocardial infarction (aHR 1.71), major bleeding (aHR 1.24), all-cause death (aHR 1.21), cardiovascular death (aHR 1.29), stent thrombosis (aHR 1.76), target lesion/vessel revascularization (aHR 1.99), and stroke (aHR 1.21).
    • The posterior probability of increased risk for complex PCI was >99% across all outcomes.
    • Certainty of evidence was moderate to high for most outcomes, except for stroke (low certainty).

    Conclusions:

    • Patients undergoing complex PCI face a substantially increased risk of both ischemic and bleeding events compared to those receiving non-complex PCI.
    • These findings underscore the importance of careful patient selection and procedural planning in complex PCI.