Clinical outcome of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery in the two months following coronary stenting.

Objectives: We sought to determine the frequency and timing of complications at our institution when surgery was performed within two months of coronary stent placement.

Background: The optimal delay following coronary stent placement prior to non-cardiac surgery is unknown.

Methods: We analyzed the Mayo Clinic Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Surgical databases between 1990 and 2000 and identified 207 patients who underwent surgery in the two months following successful coronary stent placement.