Sentences with phrase «underwent percutaneous coronary interventions»

Data from the BRIGHT trial recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated that bivalirudin was superior to both heparin monotherapy and heparin plus tirofiban for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

They were less likely to undergo percutaneous coronary intervention or receive P2Y12 blockers or statins, and stayed in hospital longer.

Use of the novel anticoagulant otamixaban did not reduce ischemic events compared with unfractionated heparin plus eptifibatide but increased bleeding among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries), according to a study published by JAMA.

The study enrolled 8,583 patients at 11 sites in the US and Germany who underwent a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with at least one drug - eluting stent between January 7, 2008, and September 16, 2010.

For example, O'Connor et al. (1999) with the aim to identify risk factors associated with in - hospital mortality among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions demonstrated that with the use of multivariate prediction / analysis the calculation of the risk of in - hospital mortality after a percutaneous coronary intervention was feasible and accurate, and may be useful for patient counseling and for improvement of quality purposes.

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In patients undergoing transradial primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), there was no significant difference in the rate of a composite of death, myocardial infarction and stroke whether they were anticoagulated with bivalirudin or unfractioned heparin, according to a study in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

The study involved a consecutive series of patients admitted to either Bendigo Health or St John of God Bendigo for either an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or acute coronary syndrome (ACS), or for transferal to a metropolitan hospital to undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGS) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).