Ischemic and Bleeding Outcomes in Patients Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Chronic Kidney Disease or Dialysis (from a Japanese Nationwide Registry)

Abstract

The relation between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and outcomes in patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is thought to be bidirectional; these patients are at a higher risk of ischemic and bleeding events. From a Japanese nationwide PCI registry, ischemic (cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal ischemic stroke) and bleeding events (fatal or nonfatal major bleeding) 1 year after discharge among patients who had second- or newer-generation drug-eluting stent implantation were analyzed. Patients on oral anticoagulants were excluded. Patients were stratified according to their preprocedural renal function: CKD stages 1 to 2 (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] ≥60 ml/min/1.73 m²), 3 (eGFR 30 to 59), or 4 to 5 (eGFR <30), or those receiving dialysis. Overall, 23,349 patients, including 2,798 patients with CKD 3 to 5 (12.0%) and 1,464 patients on dialysis (6.3%), were investigated. One-year ischemic events were observed in 1.5%, 5.2%, 9.7%, and 5.3% in the CKD stages 1-to-2, 3, 4-to-5, and dialysis groups, respectively; patients with CKD stages 3 or 4 to 5 and those receiving dialysis were associated with higher risks of ischemic events after adjustment of covariates than were patients without CKD. Compared with ischemic events, 1-year bleeding events were low, with incidence rates of 1.5%, 2.0%, 3.4%, and 2.3%, respectively. Furthermore, the presence of CKD or dialysis was not associated with a higher risk of bleeding events after adjustment of covariates. In conclusion, in the contemporary nationwide PCI registry, the presence of CKD and dialysis was independently associated with a higher risk of ischemic events but not with bleeding events, and this suggests a need to alter the models of care delivery in these patients.