Temporal analysis of percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetic patients. Data from a national registry

Abstract

Background: Few publications have evaluated temporal trends and outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetic patients in the contemporary era. Our objective was to verify characteristics, procedural results and mortality of percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetic subjects in Brazil in the last 10 years. Methods: We analyzed the percutaneous coronary interventions registered in the Brazilian National Registry of Cardiovascular Interventions (CENIC) of