Clinical outcomes, pharmacological treatment, and quality of life of patients with stable coronary artery diseases managed by cardiologists: 1-year results of the START study

Pani A.
Member of the Collaboration Group
2019-01-01

Abstract

Aims: We evaluated the 1-year clinical events, pharmacological management, and quality of life in a contemporary cohort of stable coronary artery disease (CAD) patients managed by cardiologists. Methods and results: START (STable Coronary Artery Diseases RegisTry) was a prospective, observational, nationwide study that enrolled 5070 stable CAD patients over 3 months in 183 cardiology centres in Italy. At 1 year, 4790 (94.5%) patients had data on vital status. Death occurred in 107 (2.2%) patients and the cause of death was cardiovascular in 41 (38.3%) of cases. Among the 4775 patients with follow-up data on clinical events available, a hospitalization due to cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular causes occurred in 523 (11.0%) and in 231 (4.8%) of cases, respectively. Over 60% of patients reported as 'no problems' in all domains (61.4-84.5%) of the EuroQoL quality of life 5D-5L questionnaire. Among the 3239 patients with clinical visit/telephone interview at follow-up, in whom optimal medical therapy (OMT; aspirin or thienopyridine, β-blocker, and statin) was prescribed at enrolment, 2971 (91.7%) were still receiving OMT at follow-up. At multivariable analysis, only increasing age (odds ratio 0.98; 95% confidence interval 0.97-0.99; P = 0.04) resulted as independent negative predictor of OMT persistence at 1 year from enrolment. Conclusion: In this large, contemporary registry, stable CAD patients managed by cardiologists presented a high rate of clinical events at 1 year. Nevertheless, the persistence to OMT and quality of life appeared reasonable.
2019
Outcome
Quality of life
Stable coronary artery disease
Treatment
Aged
Cardiology
Coronary Artery Disease
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Registries
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Quality of Life
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