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Intern Med J ; 46(5): 559-65, 2016 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26909472

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend prasugrel or ticagrelor instead of clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). AIM: We sought to describe the trends in uptake of the newer agents and analyse the clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes of patients treated with clopidogrel, prasugrel or ticagrelor. METHODS: We analysed the temporal trends of antiplatelet use since the availability of prasugrel (2009-2013) in patients with ACS from the Melbourne Interventional Group registry. To assess clinical characteristics and outcomes, we included 1850 patients from 2012 to 2013, corresponding to the time all three agents were available. The primary outcome was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). The safety end-point was in-hospital bleeding. RESULTS: For the period of 2009-2013, the majority of patients were treated with clopidogrel (72%) compared with prasugrel (14%) or ticagrelor (14%). There was a clear trend towards ticagrelor by the end of 2013. Patients treated with clopidogrel were more likely to present with non-ST-elevation ACS, be older, and have more comorbidities. There was no difference in unadjusted 30-day mortality (0.9 vs 0.5 vs 1.0%, P = 0.76), myocardial infarction (2 vs 1 vs 2%, P = 0.52) or MACE (3 vs 3 vs 4%, P = 0.57) between the three agents. There was no difference in in-hospital bleeding (3 vs 2 vs 2%, P = 0.64). CONCLUSION: Prasugrel and ticagrelor are increasingly used in ACS patients treated with PCI, predominantly in a younger cohort with less comorbidity. Although antiplatelet therapy should still be individualised based on the thrombotic and bleeding risk, our study highlights the safety of the new P2Y12 inhibitors in contemporary Australian practice.


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Acute Coronary Syndrome/therapy , Adenosine/analogs & derivatives , Prasugrel Hydrochloride/therapeutic use , Purinergic P2Y Receptor Antagonists/therapeutic use , Ticlopidine/analogs & derivatives , Acute Coronary Syndrome/mortality , Adenosine/adverse effects , Adenosine/therapeutic use , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Australia/epidemiology , Clopidogrel , Comorbidity , Female , Hemorrhage/chemically induced , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Multivariate Analysis , Myocardial Infarction/chemically induced , Percutaneous Coronary Intervention , Prasugrel Hydrochloride/adverse effects , Purinergic P2Y Receptor Antagonists/adverse effects , Registries , Ticagrelor , Ticlopidine/adverse effects , Ticlopidine/therapeutic use , Treatment Outcome
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Intern Med J ; 42 Suppl 5: 58-67, 2012 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23035684

ABSTRACT

Before the routine use of coronary stents, potential complications of percutaneous coronary interventions required the presence of backup cardiac surgery on-site. Advances in pharmacotherapy and interventional techniques, particularly in the last decade, have significantly decreased the rates of complications requiring emergency cardiac surgery, from approximately 4% to 6% in the balloon angioplasty era to as low as 0.3% to 0.6% in the contemporary era of routine intracoronary stent implantation. An early invasive approach has been shown to improve outcomes among patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTEACS), particularly in those at the highest risk, emphasising the importance of early access to revascularisation premises in such patients. Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction require immediate and sustained recanalisation of the culprit vessel to obtain rapid reperfusion of the threatened myocardium, in order to reduce infarct size and improve outcomes. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention at hospitals without on-site cardiac surgery improves clinical outcomes and reduces length of stay when compared with fibrinolytic therapy. It also significantly reduces door-to-balloon times when compared with transfer for percutaneous coronary interventions at hospitals with on-site surgery. It has been published that risk-adjusted mortality rates for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions in centres without on-site surgical backup are comparable with those of percutaneous coronary intervention facilities that have cardiac surgery on-site, regardless of whether percutaneous coronary intervention was performed as primary therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction or in a non-primary setting. To achieve these results however, an adequate percutaneous coronary intervention programme is required, including proper hospital infrastructure and appropriately trained interventional cardiologists.


Subject(s)
Hospitals/trends , Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/trends , Cardiac Surgical Procedures/methods , Cardiac Surgical Procedures/trends , Humans , Length of Stay/trends , Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/methods , Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/methods , Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/trends
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Heart Lung Circ ; 19(1): 53-5, 2010 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19251479

ABSTRACT

Use of percutaneous devices for closure of atrial septal defects (ASD) continues to increase owing to relative safety and ease of implementation compared with traditional surgical repair. Complications such as perforation and displacement requiring surgical intervention have been reported. We describe a case of perforation with intracardiac fistula formation, with an underlying mechanism likely to be similar to the few cases previously described, occurring during medium term follow up after ASD device closure. Appropriate case selection can reduce the incidence of this complication with caution taken in ASD cases with deficient aortic and superior rims.


Subject(s)
Aorta/pathology , Heart Atria/pathology , Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/surgery , Septal Occluder Device/adverse effects , Vascular Fistula/etiology , Adolescent , Aorta/surgery , Echocardiography, Transesophageal , Heart Atria/diagnostic imaging , Heart Atria/surgery , Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Male , Perfusion , Time Factors , Vascular Fistula/pathology , Vascular Fistula/surgery
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Am Heart J ; 133(3): 273-82, 1997 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9060794

ABSTRACT

Early and sustained flow of grade 3 according to Thrombolysis in Myocardial infarction (TIMI) criteria and reocclusion rates are the key measures that define the physiologic efficacy of thrombolytic agents in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. We performed a systematic overview of angiographic studies after intravenous thrombolysis with accelerated and standard-dose tissue-plasminogen activator (TPA), anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex (APSAC), and streptokinase. There were 5475 angiographic observations from 15 studies for TIMI flow analysis and 3147 angiographic observations from 27 studies for reocclusion. At 60 and 90 minutes, the rates of TIMI grade 3 flow were 57.1% and 63.2%, respectively, with accelerated TPA, 39.5% and 50.2% with standard-dose TPA, 40.2% and 50.1% with APSAC, and 31.5% at 90 minutes with streptokinase. Overall reocclusion with standard-dose TPA was 11.8% versus 6.0% for accelerated TPA, 4.2% for streptokinase, and 3.0% for APSAC. Although the incidence of TIMI grade 3 flow increased over time with all thrombolytic regimens, decreased patency was observed at 180 minutes with accelerated TPA. Still, accelerated TPA is the most effective agent to establish early (90-minute) TIMI grade 3 flow.


Subject(s)
Anistreplase/therapeutic use , Myocardial Infarction/drug therapy , Plasminogen Activators/administration & dosage , Streptokinase/administration & dosage , Thrombolytic Therapy , Tissue Plasminogen Activator/administration & dosage , Coronary Angiography , Humans , Myocardial Infarction/physiopathology , Recurrence , Regional Blood Flow , Treatment Outcome , Vascular Patency
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