Time-trend Analysis of Clinical Characteristic and Outcomes in Patients With Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease Treated With PCI Over a 10-year Period

Surgical coronary bypass surgery (CABG) has been demonstrated to confer significant survival benefit over medical therapies patients with LMCA in earlier clinical trials1,2,3 and therefore was the revascularization modality of choice for a long time. Recently, several randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses have shown percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to be non-inferior to CABG in the treatment of LMCA disease4,5,6,7,8. PCI is now considered to be an appropriate alternative to CABG for LMCA disease in patients with suitable anatomy9,10. Over recent decades, LMCA PCI has been performed in patients with increasing anatomical complexity and higher risk profiles (e.g. elderly, heart failure, renal failure etc). 11,12. In recent years, remarkable advancement in interventional techniques and technologies such as 2nd/3rd generation DES and potent antiplatelet therapy have contributed to the improvement of PCI success rates and reduction in complications and adverse events. Knowledge related to long term temporal variation of clinical and procedural characteristics and outcomes in patients with LMCA disease treated with PCI will therefore be important to inform and define future treatment strategies. This proposal aims to evaluate time-trends and regional differences in clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with LMCA disease treated with PCI in the Asia-Pacific region