Association of Preprocedural SYNTAX Score With Outcomes in Impella-Assisted High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

31 Moreover, there was a nonsignificant trend toward higher rates of major bleeding postprocedurally in the high SYNTAX I cohort, which may be related to a combination of factors including older age and more frequent use of the Impella CP device (which utilizes a 14F sheath as opposed to a 13F sheath).

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For example, although there was no difference in baseline creatinine at the time of the procedure, there was a notable trend toward a higher incidence of renal insufficiency at baseline, and this may have translated to the greater rates of stage 2 or 3 renal dysfunction that was observed postprocedurally in this cohort.

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