Stroke after percutaneous coronary interventions.

n this issue of the Journal, Dukkipati et al. (1) identified the ncidence, predictors, and outcomes of stroke in patients ndergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). troke occurred in hospital in 92 of 20,670 patients (0.3%) fter PCI, which is higher than the reported rates of 0.08% o 0.17% after diagnostic catheterization (2). The good news in this report is that brain injury hapened (or at least was recognized) very infrequently after CI. The bad news is that when brain injury occurred, the utlook was dismal, not only for the patient’s brain but also ystemically. In-hospital death, renal failure, and the new eed for hemodialysis were more common in patients who ad cerebrovascular events than in those who did not.