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ABSTRACT: Background
It is unclear whether beta-blocker treatment is advantageous in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We evaluated the clinical impact of long-term beta-blocker maintenance in patients with stable CAD after PCI with drug-eluting stent (DES).Methods
From a nationwide cohort database, we identified the stable CAD patients without current or prior history of myocardial infarction or heart failure who underwent DES implantation. An intention-to-treat principle was used to analyze the impact of beta-blocker treatment on long-term outcomes of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) composed of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and hospitalization with heart failure.Results
After stabilized inverse probability of treatment weighting, a total of 78,380 patients with stable CAD was enrolled; 45,746 patients with and 32,634 without beta-blocker treatment. At 5 years after PCI with a 6-month quarantine period, the adjusted incidence of MACE was significantly higher in patients treated with beta-blockers [10.0 vs. 9.1%; hazard ratio (HR) 1.11, 95% CI 1.06-1.16, p < 0.001] in an intention-to-treat analysis. There was no significant difference in all-cause death between patients treated with and without beta-blockers (8.1 vs. 8.2%; HR 0.99, 95% CI 0.94-1.04, p = 0.62). Statistical analysis with a time-varying Cox regression and rank-preserving structure failure time model revealed similar results to the intention-to-treat analysis.Conclusions
Among patients with stable CAD undergoing DES implantation, long-term maintenance with beta-blocker treatment might not be associated with clinical outcome improvement.Trial registration
ClinicalTrial.gov (NCT04715594).
SUBMITTER: Lee SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9152083 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Seung-Jun SJ Choi Dong-Woo DW Kim Choongki C Suh Yongsung Y Hong Sung-Jin SJ Ahn Chul-Min CM Kim Jung-Sun JS Kim Byeong-Keuk BK Ko Young-Guk YG Choi Donghoon D Park Eun-Cheol EC Jang Yangsoo Y Nam Chung-Mo CM Hong Myeong-Ki MK
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine 20220517
<h4>Background</h4>It is unclear whether beta-blocker treatment is advantageous in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We evaluated the clinical impact of long-term beta-blocker maintenance in patients with stable CAD after PCI with drug-eluting stent (DES).<h4>Methods</h4>From a nationwide cohort database, we identified the stable CAD patients without current or prior history of myocardial infarction or heart failure who und ...[more]