Description

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) constitutes the most commonly performed therapeutic procedure in cardiovascular medicine and one on the most frequent interventions performed in medicine. Since the introduction of the procedure more than 40 years ago, the safety and efficacy profile of PCI has steadily improved with continuous advances in the technique, equipment, and procedural success. In the late 1980s, the advent of coronary stents favored the widespread adoption of PCI in routine clinical practice by eliminating the risk of periprocedural abrupt closure related to coronary dissection and, as corollary, the need for standby emergent coronary artery bypass grafting. Nowadays, about three out of four patients requiring myocardial revascularization are managed PCI.

The objective of this study is to evaluate, within the framework of a prospective registry, the safety and efficacy of PCI by considering all device iterations including stent-based as well as non-stent-based interventions. We will evaluate clinical, laboratory, angiographic data of all patients undergoing PCI at the Federico II University Hospital. Clinical follow-up is collected during hospital stay and at 1-year after PCI. All adverse events are independently adjudicated by a clinical events committee (CEC).