backgroundIn-hospital(IH)mortalityforpatientsunderwentpercutaneouscoronaryintervention(PCI)inourcenterfrom1994to2004was1.01%(33/3252).ThePCIvolumeinourstateincreasedquicklyduringthelastfewyears,sodiditinourcenter.MethodsandResultsWeretrospectivelyscreenedatotalof3274caseswhounderwentPCIin2009,amongwhich24(0.73%,P=0.22vs.1994-2004)IHdeathoccurred.Analysisofthese24casesrevealedthatallofthemwerediagnosedasacutecoronarysyndrome(ACS),andhadtheindicationofPCI.Fifteen(63%)carriedachanceof≥10%todieinhospitalaccordingtoGRACEmodel.Significantleft-main(LM)and/ortriple-vesseldisease(TVD)weredefinedin21(88%)cases.SYNTAXscoreswere≥23in15(63%)and≥33in12(50%)cases.CompleterevascularizationwithPCIwasfulfilledinonly5(21%)cases.Myocardialischemiaorheartfunctioncouldn'timprovebyPCIwasthemostfrequentcauseofdeath,whichcontributedtothatof11(46%)cases.Cardiacruptureoccurredinallofthe4patientswithSTelevatedacutemyocardialinfarction(STE-AMI)involvinginferiorventricularwallbut'reserved'anteriorwall,andcontributedmainlytotheirmortality.ConclusionsPost-PCIIHmortalityhasmaintainedlowinourcenter.ItmostlikelyoccursinpatientswithACS.Themajorcauseofdeathisthatmyocardialischemiacouldn'timprovebyPCI,exceptforpatientswithinferiorbutnoanteriormyocardialinfarction,whosufferfromcardiacruptureinstead.
