Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Sep 2009
Bleeding risk during oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation patients older than 80 years.
We sought to evaluate the rate of bleeding in relation to age (<80 and > or =80 years), the quality of anticoagulation (expressed as time spent in international normalized ratio therapeutic range), and factors associated with bleeding events. ⋯ These results indicate that the rate of major bleeding complications may be kept acceptably low also in very elderly AF patients on OAT, provided a careful management of anticoagulation is obtained.
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Sep 2009
Comparative Study5-year clinical outcomes after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation insights from a patient-level pooled analysis of 4 randomized trials comparing sirolimus-eluting stents with bare-metal stents.
Five-year clinical follow-up has been scheduled per protocol by the 4 Cypher (Cordis/Johnson & Johnson, Warren, New Jersey) sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) versus bare-metal stent (BMS) randomized trials. ⋯ In this patient-level pooled analysis, overall use of SES compared with BMS demonstrated persistent superior efficacy at 5 years in terms of a reduction in target vessel revascularization, without an increase in rates of death, MI, or stent thrombosis. (The Initial Double-Blind Drug-Eluting Stent vs Bare-Metal Stent Study, NCT00233805; The Study of the BX Velocity Stent in the Treatment of De Novo Artery Lesions, NCT00381420; Study of Sirolimus-Coated BX VELOCITY Balloon-Expandable Stent in Treatment of de Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions [SIRIUS], NCT00232765; The Study of the BX VELOCITY Stent In Patients With De Novo Coronary Artery Lesions, NCT00235144).
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Sep 2009
All-cause readmission and repeat revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention in a cohort of medicare patients.
The purpose of this study was to report on the all-cause readmission and repeat revascularization rates after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). ⋯ A substantial proportion of PCI patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge, and readmission rates vary widely across hospitals. Readmissions within 30 days of an index PCI procedure were associated with a significantly higher 30-day mortality rate, and more than one-quarter of such readmissions resulted in a repeat revascularization procedure. These findings warrant further attention to determine whether these readmissions are preventable.