Subsample analysis of the Vascular Complications Risk Score at two public referral centers for interventional cardiology^*

Análise de subamostras do escore de risco para complicações vasculares em duas instituições públicas de referência para cardiologia intervencionista

Análisis de submuestras del score de riesgo para complicaciones vasculares en dos centros públicos de referencia para cardiología intervencionista

ABSTRACT

Objective:

Evaluate the performance of the Vascular Complications Risk Score in two public referral centers for interventional cardiology.

Method:

Subsample analysis of the Vascular Complications Risk Score, which was developed and validated in the catheterization laboratories of three cardiology referral centers (two public, one private) with a cutoff of <3 for no risk of developing vascular complications and ≥3 for risk. In this new analysis, we excluded data from the private facility, and only included participants from the original (validation) cohort of the two public hospitals.

Results:

Among the 629 patients studied, 11.8% had vascular complications; of these, 1.8% were major and 10% minor. Among the patients with a score <3, 310 (94.5%) presented no vascular complications; of those with a score ≥3, 50 (17%) developed complications. Of those who developed vascular complications, 18 scored <3; two of these had major complications.

Conclusion:

This subanalysis confirms the ability of the Vascular Complications Risk core to predict low risk of vascular complications in patients with a score < 3.

DESCRIPTORS:
Cardiac Catheterization; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Risk Factors; Postoperative Complications; Nursing Care