Influence of initial acute myocardial infarction presentation on the outcome of surgical procedures after coronary stent implantation: a report from the CREDO-Kyoto PCI/CABG Registry Cohort-2

Several previous publications have consistently reported that surgical procedures performed early after coronary stenting were associated with significantly higher risk for ischemic events than those performed late. In the current post hoc analysis of the Coronary REvascularization Demonstrating Outcome Study in Kyoto PCI/coronary artery bypass grafting Registry Cohort-2, we compared the outcomes of early (within 42 days) versus late surgery (beyond 42 days) after coronary stenting stratified by the initial clinical presentations [acute myocardial infarction (AMI) [early N = 153, and late N = 586] and non-AMI (early N = 202, and late N = 1457)]. Cumulative incidence of death/myocardial infarction/stent thrombosis at 30 days after surgery was significantly higher in the early group than in the late group in the AMI stratum [18.4 vs. 2.6 %, P