CardioSource WorldNews Interventions May/June 2016 | Page 39

We successfully got
her through the most
critical phase, but there
are some other risks
we need to discuss.

SUDDEN
CARDIAC
D E AT H
post-PCI and post-MI

Assess It.
Discuss It.
Prevent It.

High-risk post-PCI patients experience significant
mortality during recovery from revascularization.

BOTTOM LINE

1in110
in10

high-risk post-PCI patients

Find tools to help
assess your
patients’ risk @

high-risk post-PCI patients
die in the
first 3 months,

die in the first 3 months,

SCDFacts.org
with about
of this mortality
due to
(1, 2)

SOURCES: 1. Halkin A et al. Prediction of Mortality After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction:
CADILLAC Risk Score. JACC 2005;45:1397–1405. 2. Stone G et al. Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Post PTCA in High-Risk Patients.
http://www.theheart.org/article/1202823.do (April 2011).

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