Early Readmissions After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Rural Tertiary Care Center (from the Guthrie Health Off-Label Stent [GHOST] Registry)

Dec 7, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Early Readmissions After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Rural Tertiary Care Center (from the Guthrie Health Off-Label Stent [GHOST] Registry)

Early readmissions (ERs) impose a huge cost to the health care system, lower patients’ quality of life, and may be an indicator of quality of initial care. We performed this…

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Safety of “Bridging” With Eptifibatide for Patients With Coronary Stents Before Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Surgery

Dec 7, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Safety of “Bridging” With Eptifibatide for Patients With Coronary Stents Before Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Surgery

Patients with previously implanted coronary stents are at risk for stent thrombosis if dual-antiplatelet therapy is prematurely discontinued. Bridging with a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor has been advocated as an alternative,…

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Comparison of Safety and Efficacy of Bivalirudin Versus Unfractionated Heparin in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from the Anti-Thrombotic Strategy for Reduction of Myocardial Damage During Angioplasty–Bivalirudin vs Heparin Study)

Dec 7, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Comparison of Safety and Efficacy of Bivalirudin Versus Unfractionated Heparin in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from the Anti-Thrombotic Strategy for Reduction of Myocardial Damage During Angioplasty–Bivalirudin vs Heparin Study)

Bivalirudin, a direct thrombin inhibitor, is as effective as unfractionated heparin (UFH), with decreased bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The aim of…

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Relation Between Angiographic Lesion Severity, Vulnerable Plaque Morphology and Future Adverse Cardiac Events (from the Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree Study)

Dec 7, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Relation Between Angiographic Lesion Severity, Vulnerable Plaque Morphology and Future Adverse Cardiac Events (from the Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree Study)

Previous angiographic studies have suggested that the future risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) is related to coronary stenosis severity. The aim of this study was to use the…

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