Patient-rated health status predicts prognosis following percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stenting

In patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with the paclitaxel-eluting stent, we examined whether patient-rated health status predicts adverse clinical events. Consecutive PCI patients treated with drug-eluting stenting (N = 870; 72.2% men; mean age = 62.6 ± 11.5) completed the EQ-5D post-PCI. The EQ-5D levels were dichotomized into ‘no problems’ (level 1) versus ‘problems’ (levels 2, 3); the visual analogue scale (VAS)...