Chronic Kidney Disease in the Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Era Pooled Analysis of the Korean Multicenter Drug-Eluting Stent Registry

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical impact of chronic kidney disease (CKD) on clinical outcomes in contemporary practice of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using second-generation drug-eluting stents (DES). BACKGROUND Although second-generation DES have improved the safety and efficacy issues in PCI, data regarding the performance of second-generation DES in patients with CKD are still limited. METHODS We performed a patient-level pooled analysis on 12,426 patients undergoing PCI using second-generation DES from the Korean Multicenter Drug-Eluting Stent Registry. Endpoints were stent-oriented outcomes (target lesion failure [TLF]) and patient-oriented composite outcomes (POCO) during a median follow-up of 35 months. CKD patients were stratified by the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) from mild CKD to end-stage renal disease patients, and by the coexistence of diabetes mellitus (DM). RESULTS A total of 2,927 patients had CKD (23.6%), who showed a significantly higher risk of TLF (adjusted hazard ratio [HRadjust]: 1.50; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.21 to 1.86) and POCO (HRadjust 1.34; 95% CI: 1.17 to 1.55) compared to patients with preserved renal function. Stratified analysis by eGFR showed that TLF was not increased in the mild to moderate CKD, whereas severe CKD and dialysis-dependent patients showed significantly higher risk of TLF (HRadjust 2.44; 95% CI: 1.54 to 3.86; HRadjust 3.58; 95% CI: 2.52 to 5.08, respectively). The eGFR threshold of increased clinical events was 40 to 45 ml/min/1.73 m(2). Among CKD patients, DM CKD patients showed a higher incidence of TLF compared to non-DM CKD patients (HRadjust: 1.82; 95% CI: 1.32 to 2.52), driven by the increase in target vessel-related events. CONCLUSIONS In the era of second-generation DES, CKD patients were at a significantly higher risk of clinical outcomes only in severe CKD and end-stage renal disease patients. (C) 2016 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.