[PDF] Top 20 Bivalirudin Use in the Elderly for Acute Coronary Syndrome

... White et al. [12] evaluated the safety and efficacy of bivalirudin with and without GPIs in ACS patients undergoing PCI. He conducted a pooled analysis of the ACUITY trial study outcomes at 12 months post PCI. Of ... See full document

... Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are increasingly used in daily clinical practice in elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) despite limited ...of elderly ... See full document

... in elderly patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome ...Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were enrolled into the ...n=167), elderly group (age: 61- 79 years old, n=209), and ... See full document

... ACS: acute coronary syndromes; ADL: activity of daily living; CI: confidence interval; CSHA-CFS: Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale; CVD: cardiovascular disease; EFS: Edmonton Frail ... See full document

... of coronary heart disease increases with de- creasing ...for coronary heart disease ...dysfunction. Coronary angiography is relatively contraindicated in these ... See full document

... the use of P2Y12 inhibitors, 2) were under DAPT, antico- agulation, and fibrinolytic therapy, 3) had active bleeding or increased bleeding risk such as malignancy, surgery, trauma, fracture, or organ biopsy, 4) ... See full document

... neous coronary intervention (PCI, ...and coronary artery bypass graft (9.9%). A total of 82.4% of the elderly patients with ACS were diagnosed with ... See full document

... In elderly patients, transfer from non-PCI-capable facility to PCI-capable facility should be performed if there are contraindications to thrombolysis, failed thrombolysis, or if PCI can be performed at the ... See full document

... of bivalirudin on bleeding risk was signi fi cantly affected by the strategy for con- comitant GPI ...Overall, bivalirudin monotherapy con- sistently reduced the risk of bleeding in both ACS cohorts compared ... See full document

... of coronary artery lesion in elderly acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus ...hyperglycemia, acute glucose fluctuations further ... See full document

... the use of PCI in octogenarians in daily clinical practice, it is dif- ficult for physicians to make well-grounded decisions on the use of PCI in these ...patients. Elderly patients have been found ... See full document

... In the multivariate analysis for the population as a whole (Table 4), in-hospital mortality was higher in women, in the older age group of patients, in patients with a diagno- sis of AMI and higher co-morbidity. Lower ... See full document

... elective coronary angiography through the femoral artery route in the catheterization laboratory of Balikesir University Faculty of Medicine Cardiology Department were retrospectively ...normal coronary ... See full document

... Patients were monitored (DASH 4000, General Elec- trics, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; sample frequency, 100 Hz) for a period of at least 48 hours. Monitoring was performed under routine clinical conditions at the ... See full document

... There are no guidelines for what rate of missed ACS is acceptable in emergency medicine practice. Surveys of emergency physicians (EPs) find a large majority desire a miss rate of less than 1% [4]. Acute ... See full document

... any acute or chronic inflamma- tory disease, recent surgery or trauma, malignant disease, chronic renal failure undergoing dialysis, acute coronary syndrome < 3 months, or any complication ... See full document

... an acute MI may or may not progress to develop LV dysfunction and HF ...after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) largely depends on the extent of myocardial dam- age during the acute ...the ... See full document

... Kounis syndrome include drugs, foods, and environmental agents (insect bite, snakebite, ...Kounis syndrome [3–5], any kind of drug has the potential of inducing allergic reaction and causing Kounis ... See full document

... Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) encompasses unstable angina, and MI. Following diagnosis of an ACS, patients should receive a range of evidence-based preventive treatments that include appropriate ... See full document

... Results: In total, 210 patients met the study criteria. There were 132 patients (62.86%) who had significant stenosis of coronary arteries by coronary angiograms. The average age (standard deviation) of all ... See full document