Complete versus culprit-only percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis
Abstract Background The clinical benefit of complete or culprit-only percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) still remains controversial. Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical outcomes of complete or culprit-only PCI in patients with unstable angina and/or non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Methods PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were queried to conduct a meta-analysis. The same terms or relevant studies were also queried on the website of the U.S. National Institute of Health and relevant reviews. The primary endpoint was the incidence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE: the composite of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, or coronary revascularisation) during follow-up period, and the secondary endpoints were the incidences of each component of MACE. When multiple follow-up results were reported in the same study, the latest results were abstracted. Pooled estimates were calculated using a random-effects model. Results Nine studies (60345 patients) were included in this meta-analysis. The risk of all-cause mortality (odds ratio (OR): 0.79, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.64–0.98, p=0.03) or coronary revascularisation (OR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.50–1.00, p=0.05) were lower in the complete PCI group than in the culprit-only PCI group, whereas the risk of MACE (OR: 0.98, 95% CI: 0.65–1.49, p=0.94) or myocardial infarction (OR: 0.77, 95% CI: 0.54–1.08, p=0.13) was similar between the 2 groups. Conclusions In this meta-analysis, complete PCI is associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality or coronary revascularisation, and a similar risk of MACE or myocardial infarction compared with culprit-only PCI in patients with NSTE-ACS. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None