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Can percutaneous coronary interventions be performed safely in leukemia patients?
Author(s) -
Grines Cindy L.,
Cox David
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.29076
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , percutaneous coronary intervention , malignancy , percutaneous , leukemia , psychological intervention , cardiology , surgery , myocardial infarction , nursing
Key Points Patients with leukemia are often denied percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and those who do undergo PCI are older and sicker. There is a minor increase in vascular complications and no increase in retroperitoneal bleeds, suggesting transfusions may be given for reasons unrelated to the PCI. Since cardiac complications are not increased in leukemia patients, the increased mortality observed in after PCI in acute leukemia may be related more to underlying malignancy.