Long-Term Prognostic Factors in Patients with Significant Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

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Introduction and Objectives: The natural history of patients with left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) is largely unknown. Our objective was to analyse the predictors of long-term mortality in these patients, both those that have had surgery and those that have not undergone surgery for various reasons, in a cohort treated at a university hospital. Methods: The study included patients with significant LMCAD diagnosed through consecutive coronary angiograms from 2001 to 2009. Clinical variables, the reasons for cardiac catheterisation, therapeutic decisions and clinical evolution in long-term follow-up were analysed. Results: Of the 163 patients included in the analysis, a total of 109 (66.9%) underwent revascularisation, while the remaining 54 (33.1%) received other medical treatment. We analysed the clinical events that took place with a mean follow-up period of 54 months (IQR: 25-95). The non-revascularised group had a lower survival rate than the revascularised group in unadjusted analysis (logrank test 0.005). Age (OR 1.04, CI 1.02-1.07, p = 0.001), ventricular dysfunction (OR 2.87, CI95% 1.71-4.81, p < 0.0001), clinical instability (OR 2.11, CI95% 1.08 to 4.13, p = 0.028) and above 70% severity of LMCAD (OR 1.78, CI 1.09 to 2.91, p = 0.021) were independent predictors of mortality for the entire cohort, but revascularisation was not. Conclusions: Revascularisation is associated with improved survival in patients with LMCAD, but only age, ventricular dysfunction, clinical instability and the severity of the lesion are independent predictors of long-term mortality in the unselected population.

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Camprubí, M. , Castro, R. , Mohandes, M. , Guarinos, J. , Garcia-Bermúdez, M. and Bardají, A. (2014) Long-Term Prognostic Factors in Patients with Significant Left Main Coronary Artery Disease. International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 5, 188-196. doi: 10.4236/ijcm.2014.55032.

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