Effect of pharmacoinvasive therapy with half-dose prourokinase on adverse cardiovascular events during angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention

Objective: Antiplatelet therapy is recommended in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) who had the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedure to reduce major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). There has been a lack of population-based studies that showed the superior effectiveness of ticagrelor over clopidogrel and similar studies have not been conducted in Indonesia yet. The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of ticagrelor compared to clopidogrel in reducing the risk of MACE in patients with CHD after PCI.Methods: A retrospective cohort study with 1-year follow-up was conducted. 361 patients consisted of 111 patients with ticagrelor exposure and 250 patients with clopidogrel exposure. The primary outcome was MACE, defined as a composite of repeat revascularization, myocardial infarction, or all-cause death. The association between antiplatelet exposure and the MACE was analyzed with Cox proportional hazard regression, adjusted for sex, age, comorbid, PCI procedures and concomitant therapy.Results: MACE occurred in 22.7% of the subjects. Clopidogrel had a significantly higher risk of MACE compared with ticagrelor (28.8%, vs 9.0%, hazard ratio (HR): 1.96 (95% CI 1.01 to 3.81, p=0.047). There were no significant differences in risk of repeat revascularization (20.40% vs 5.40%, HR: 2.32, 95% CI 0.99 to 5.42, p = 0.05), myocardial infarction (11.60% vs 3.60%, HR: 2.08, 95% CI, 0.73 to 5.93, p = 0.17), and death (1.60% vs 1.80%, HR: 0.77, 95% CI, 0.14 to 4.25, p = 0.77).Conclusion: Clopidogrel had a higher risk of MACE compared to clopidogrel in patients with CHD after PCI, but there were no significant differences in the risk of repeat revascularization, myocardial infarction, and all-cause death.

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Comparison of In-Hospital Bleeding and Cardiovascular Events with High-Dose Bolus Tirofiban and Shortened Infusion to Short-Duration Eptifibatide as Adjunctive Therapy for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

The American Journal of Cardiology ◽

10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.09.029 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 123 (1) ◽

pp. 44-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gabrielle L. Anderson ◽

Jennifer L. Osborn ◽

Scott D. Nei ◽

Malcolm R. Bell ◽

Gregory W. Barsness ◽

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Keyword(s):

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ◽

Short Duration ◽

Adjunctive Therapy ◽

Cardiovascular Events ◽

Coronary Intervention ◽

High Dose ◽

Percutaneous Coronary

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Growth differentiation factor 15 and the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation after elective percutaneous coronary intervention

Russian Journal of Cardiology ◽

10.15829/1560-4071-2021-4457 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (7) ◽

pp. 4457

Author(s):

E. N. Krivosheeva ◽

E. S. Kropacheva ◽

A. B. Dobrovolsky ◽

E. V. Titaeva ◽

E. P. Panchenko

Keyword(s):

Atrial Fibrillation ◽

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ◽

Cardiovascular Events ◽

Coronary Intervention ◽

Growth Differentiation Factor 15 ◽

Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ◽

Percutaneous Coronary ◽

D Dimer

Aim. To study the predictive value of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).Material and methods. The study included 150 patients (men, 69,3%) with AF receiving direct oral anticoagulants in combination with two (89,3%) or one antiplatelet agent (10,7%) after elective PCI. Median age was 71,0 [interquartile range, 66,0; 77,0] years. The median follow-up was 11,5 months [interquartile range, 8,0; 12,0]. The efficacy endpoint was the sum of cardiovascular events (CVEs), including cardiovascular death, ischemic stroke, venous thromboembolism, peripheral arterial thrombosis, acute coronary syndrome, and the need for emergency PCI. The safety endpoint was considered to be BARC type 2-5 bleeding. Prior to PCI, blood plasma samples were taken from patients to determine GDF-15 and D-dimer by enzyme immunoassay.Results. The incidence of CVEs was 16%. The incidence of BARC type 2-5 bleeding was 24,7%. The median GDF-15 level was 1270,0 pg/ml [953,0; 1778,0]. According to multiple regression, the GDF-15 level is associated with D-dimer (t=3,20; p=0,0018), diabetes (t=3,97; p=0,0001) and SYNTAX score II (t=4,77; p<0,0001). In patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease, the GDF-15 level was significantly lower than in patients with three-vessel disease (p=0,0119). According to the ROC analysis, a GDF-15 >1191 pg/ml (p=0,0076) increases the likelihood of CVE (area under the curve, 0,647; confidence interval (CI), 0,5650,723). According to Kaplan-Meier survival curves, significant differences were found in terms of absence of CVEs during the follow-up period between the groups of patients with a GDF-15 >1191 and those with GDF-15 <1191 pg/ml (76% vs 94%, p=0,0032; relative risk, 4,36; CI 1,50-7,48). The relationship of GDF-15 level with BARC type 2-5 bleeding was not revealed.Conclusion. GDF-15 is a novel marker of CVE in AF patients after elective PCI.

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