TEMPORAL TREND OF INCIDENCE OF STENT THROMBOSIS AND IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY: RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL REAL-WORLD REGISTRY

Background: Stent thrombosis (ST) is a catastrophic complication with poor outcomes. Temporal trends of the incidence, substrate characteristics and outcomes of stent thrombosis in a real world population are largely unknown. Methods: The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) files from 1998 to 2013