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Herron GC, Bates ER. Review of the Ticagrelor Trials Evidence Base. J Am Heart Assoc 2024; 13:e031606. [PMID: 38804216 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.031606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
Abstract
Ticagrelor is a platelet P2Y12 receptor inhibitor approved for use in patients with acute coronary syndromes, coronary artery disease, and low-moderate risk acute ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic attack. Clinical trials have evaluated the efficacy and safety of ticagrelor on ischemic and bleeding outcomes for different indications and with varying treatment approaches. As a result, there is a large body of clinical evidence demonstrating different degrees of net clinical benefit compared with other platelet inhibitor drugs based on indication, patient characteristics, clinical presentation, treatment duration, and other factors. We provide a review of the major trials of ticagrelor in the context of other randomized trials of clopidogrel and prasugrel to organize the volume of available information, elevate corroborating and conflicting data, and identify potential gaps as areas for further exploration of optimal antiplatelet treatment.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA
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D'Amario D, Galli M, Restivo A, Canonico F, Vergallo R, Migliaro S, Trani C, Burzotta F, Aurigemma C, Laborante R, Romagnoli E, Francese F, Ceccarelli I, Borovac JA, Angiolillo DJ, Tavazzi B, Leone AM, Crea F, Patti G, Porto I. Ticagrelor enhances the cardioprotective effects of ischemic preconditioning in stable patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: the TAPER-S randomized study. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOTHERAPY 2024; 10:190-200. [PMID: 38006237 DOI: 10.1093/ehjcvp/pvad092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ticagrelor improves clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes compared with clopidogrel. Ticagrelor also inhibits cell uptake of adenosine and has been associated with cardioprotective effects in animal models. We sought to investigate the potential cardioprotective effects of ticagrelor, as compared with clopidogrel, in stable patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS AND RESULTS This was a Prospective Randomized Open Blinded End-points (PROBE) trial enrolling stable patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) requiring fractional flow reserve-guided PCI of intermediate epicardial coronary lesions. ST-segment elevation at intracoronary electrocardiogram (IC-ECG) during a two-step sequential coronary balloon inflations in the reference vessel during PCI was used as an indirect marker of cardioprotection induced by ischemic preconditioning (IPC). The primary endpoint of the study was the comparison of the delta (Δ) (difference) ST-segment elevation measured by IC-ECG during two-step sequential coronary balloon inflations. RESULTS Fifty-three patients were randomized to either clopidogrel or ticagrelor. The study was stopped earlier because the primary endpoint was met at a pre-specified interim analysis. ΔST-segment elevation was significantly higher in ticagrelor as compared to clopidogrel arms (P < 0.0001). Ticagrelor was associated with lower angina score during coronary balloon inflations. There was no difference in coronary microvascular resistance between groups. Adenosine serum concentrations were increased in patients treated with ticagrelor as compared to those treated with clopidogrel. CONCLUSIONS Ticagrelor enhances the cardioprotective effects of IPC compared with clopidogrel in stable patients with CAD undergoing PCI. Further studies are warranted to fully elucidate the mechanisms through which ticagrelor may exert cardioprotective effects in humans. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique Identifier: NCT02701140.
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- Domenico D'Amario
- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di MedicinaTraslazionale, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, 48032 Cotignola, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Science, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Science, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Cardiovascular Science, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Science, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Cardiovascular Science, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Cardiovascular Science, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine (USSM) and Cardiovascular Diseases Department, University Hospital of Split (KBC Split), 2100 Split, Croatia
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, 32211 Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- UniCamillus - Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, 00100 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Cardiovascular Science, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di MedicinaTraslazionale, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italian IRCCS Cardiovascular Network, 16132 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche (DIMI), Università di Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy
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Würtz M, Olesen KKW, Bhatt DL, Yusuf S, Muehlhofer E, Eikelboom JW, Maeng M. Net clinical benefit of extended dual pathway inhibition according to baseline risk in patients with chronic coronary syndrome: a COMPASS substudy. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOTHERAPY 2024; 10:201-209. [PMID: 38453426 DOI: 10.1093/ehjcvp/pvae017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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AIMS Guidelines recommend extended dual pathway inhibition (DPI) with aspirin and rivaroxaban in patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) at high ischaemic risk. The CHADS-P2A2RC score improves risk prediction and enables antithrombotic treatment allocation in these patients. This study evaluated the net clinical benefit of DPI treatment according to baseline risk as classified by the CHADS-P2A2RC score in patients with CCS included in the COMPASS (Cardiovascular Outcomes for People Using Anticoagulation Strategies) trial. METHODS AND RESULTS COMPASS patients with CCS (n = 14 670), randomized to aspirin alone or DPI, were stratified according to cardiovascular risk using the CHADS-P2A2RC score. Endpoints were major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), all-cause death, fatal/critical organ bleeding, and composite adverse events (MACE and bleeding). Net clinical benefit was the 30-month risk difference of MACE and bleeding. Thirty-month incidences of MACE [7.9% vs. 3.9%, hazard ratio (HR) 2.01, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.83-2.18] and fatal/critical organ bleeding (1.2% vs. 0.8%, HR 1.49, 95% CI 1.06-1.92) were higher in high-risk (CHADS-P2A2RC ≥ 4) than in low/moderate-risk (CHADS-P2A2RC < 4) patients. DPI reduced MACE (low/moderate risk: HR 0.62, 95% CI 0.47-0.82; high risk: HR 0.82, 95% CI 0.68-0.99, P for interaction 0.09) and all-cause death (low/moderate risk: HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.46-0.91; high risk: HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.65-1.00, P for interaction 0.29), without substantially increasing fatal/critical organ bleeding (low/moderate risk: HR 1.35, 95% CI 0.72-2.53; high risk: HR 1.18, 95% CI 0.73-1.90, P for interaction 0.73). DPI provided net clinical benefit of similar magnitude in low/moderate-risk (-1.81%, 95% CI -3.00 to -0.62) and high-risk (-1.96%, 95% CI -3.60 to -0.33) CCS patients. CONCLUSION As classified by the CHADS-P2A2RC score, low/moderate- and high-risk patients with CCS derived similar net clinical benefit and reduction in all-cause death from DPI treatment.
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- Morten Würtz
- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, DK-8200, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Cardiology, Regional Hospital Gødstrup, Hospitalsparken 15, DK-7400, Herning, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, DK-8200, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Cardiology, Regional Hospital Gødstrup, Hospitalsparken 15, DK-7400, Herning, Denmark
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- Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, L8L 2X2 Ontario, Canada
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- Research & Development, Bayer AG Pharmaceuticals, 42117 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, L8L 2X2 Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, DK-8200, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, DK-8200, Aarhus, Denmark
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Vora J, Cherney D, Kosiborod MN, Spaak J, Kanumilli N, Khunti K, Lam CSP, Bachmann M, Fenici P. Inter-relationships between cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases: Underlying evidence and implications for integrated interdisciplinary care and management. Diabetes Obes Metab 2024; 26:1567-1581. [PMID: 38328853 DOI: 10.1111/dom.15485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Cardiovascular, renal and metabolic (CaReMe) diseases are individually among the leading global causes of death, and each is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. However, as these conditions commonly coexist in the same patient, the individual risk of mortality and morbidity is further compounded, leading to a considerable healthcare burden. A number of pathophysiological pathways are common to diseases of the CaReMe spectrum, including neurohormonal dysfunction, visceral adiposity and insulin resistance, oxidative stress and systemic inflammation. Because of the shared pathology and common co-occurrence of the CaReMe diseases, the value of managing these conditions holistically is increasingly being realized. A number of pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches have been shown to offer simultaneous metabolic, cardioprotective and renoprotective benefits, leading to improved patient outcomes across the CaReMe spectrum. In addition, increasing value is being placed on interdisciplinary team-based and coordinated care models built on greater integration between specialties to increase the rate of early diagnosis and adherence to practice guidelines, and improve clinical outcomes. This interdisciplinary approach also facilitates integration between primary and specialty care, improving the patient experience, optimizing resources, and leading to efficiencies and cost savings. As the burden of CaReMe diseases continues to increase, implementation of innovative and integrated care delivery models will be essential to achieve effective and efficient chronic disease management and to ensure that patients benefit from the best care available across all three disciplines.
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- Jiten Vora
- Department of Endocrinology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- HND Centrum, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- National Heart Center Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
- Biomagnetism and Clinical Physiology International Center (BACPIC), Rome, Italy
- Medical Affairs, AstraZeneca Lab, Milan, Italy
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Akhtar KH, Baber U. Antiplatelet Therapy for Patients Who Have Undergone Revascularization Within the Past Year: Which Agents and for How Long? Med Clin North Am 2024; 108:539-551. [PMID: 38548462 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2023.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor is recommended for at least 6 and 12 months following percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents among patients with stable ischemic heart disease and acute coronary syndrome, respectively. Additional exposure to antiplatelet therapy reduces ischemic events but also increases bleeding risk. Conversely, shorter durations of DAPT are preferred among those at high bleeding risk. Hence, decisions surrounding duration of DAPT after revascularization should include clinical judgment, assessment of the risk of bleeding and ischemic events, and time after revascularization.
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- Khawaja Hassan Akhtar
- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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Bonaca MP, Bhatt DL, Simon T, Fox KM, Mehta S, Harrington RA, Leiter LA, Capell WH, Held C, Himmelmann A, Ridderstråle W, Chen J, Lee JJ, Song Y, Andersson M, Prats J, Kosiborod M, McGuire DK, Steg PG. Limb Outcomes With Ticagrelor Plus Aspirin in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and Atherosclerosis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2024; 83:1627-1636. [PMID: 38658101 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND Ticagrelor reduced major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and increased bleeding in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and coronary artery disease. Limb events including revascularization, acute limb ischemia (ALI), and amputation are major morbidities in patients with T2DM and atherosclerosis. OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine the effect of ticagrelor on limb events. METHODS Patients were randomized to ticagrelor or placebo on top of aspirin and followed for a median of 3 years. MACE (cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke), limb events (ALI, amputation, revascularization), and bleeding were adjudicated by an independent and blinded clinical events committee. The presence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) was reported at baseline. RESULTS Of 19,220 patients randomized, 1,687 (8.8%) had PAD at baseline. In patients receiving placebo, PAD was associated with higher MACE (10.7% vs 7.3%; HR: 1.48; P < 0.001) and limb (9.5% vs 0.8%; HR: 10.67; P < 0.001) risk. Ticagrelor reduced limb events (1.6% vs 1.3%; HR: 0.77; 95% CI: 0.61-0.96; P = 0.022) with significant reductions for revascularization (HR: 0.79; 95% CI: 0.62-0.99; P = 0.044) and ALI (HR: 0.24; 95% CI: 0.08-0.70; P = 0.009). The benefit was consistent with or without PAD (HR: 0.80; 95% CI: 0.58-1.11; and HR: 0.76; 95% CI: 0.55-1.05, respectively; Pinteraction = 0.81). There was no effect modification of ticagrelor vs placebo based on PAD for MACE (Pinteraction = 0.40) or TIMI major bleeding (Pinteraction = 0.3239). CONCLUSIONS Patients with T2DM and atherosclerosis are at high risk of limb events. Ticagrelor decreased this risk, but increased bleeding. Future trials evaluating the combination of ticagrelor and aspirin would further elucidate the benefit/risk of such therapy in patients with PAD, including those without coronary artery disease. (A Study Comparing Cardiovascular Effects of Ticagrelor Versus Placebo in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [THEMIS]: NCT01991795).
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- Marc P Bonaca
- University of Colorado, CPC Clinical Research, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
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- Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Research, Research Platform of East of Paris (URCEST-CRCEST-CRB.APHPSU), Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris (APHP), Sorbonne Universite, FACT (French Alliance for Cardiovascular Trials), Paris, France
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- The National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College and Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Colorado, CPC Clinical Research, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala, Sweden
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- AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Late-stage Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Late-stage Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Late-stage Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Baim Institute for Clinical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Baim Institute for Clinical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Late-stage Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- French Alliance for Cardiovascular Trials, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire FIRE, Hôpital Bichat, Université de Paris, INSERM Unité 1148, Paris, France
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Pan Y, Wang Y, Zheng Y, Chen J, Li J. A disproportionality analysis of FDA adverse event reporting system (FAERS) events for ticagrelor. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1251961. [PMID: 38655177 PMCID: PMC11035729 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1251961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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Background Ticagrelor is a commonly used antiplatelet agent, but due to the stringent criteria for trial population inclusion and the limited sample size, its safety profile has not been fully elucidated. Method We utilized OpenVigil 2.1 to query the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System database and retrieved reports by the generic name "ticagrelor" published between 1 October 2010 and 31 March 2023. Adverse drug events (ADEs) were classified and described according to the preferred terms and system organ classes in the Medical Dictionary of Regulatory Activity. Proportional reporting ratio (PRR), reporting odds ratio (ROR) and Bayesian Confidence Propagation Neural Network (BCPNN) were used to detect signals. Results The number of ADE reports with ticagrelor as the primary suspect drug was 12,909. The top three ADEs were dyspnea [1824 reports, ROR 7.34, PRR 6.45, information component (IC) 2.68], chest pain (458 reports, ROR 5.43, PRR 5.27, IC 2.39), and vascular stent thrombosis (406 reports, ROR 409.53, PRR 396.68, IC 8.02). The highest ROR, 630.24, was found for "vascular stent occlusion". Cardiac arrest (137 reports, ROR 3.41, PRR 3.39, IC 1.75), atrial fibrillation (99 reports, ROR 2.05, PRR 2.04, IC 1.03), asphyxia (101 reports, ROR 23.60, PRR 23.43, IC 4.51), and rhabdomyolysis (57 reports, ROR 2.75, PRR 2.75, IC 1.45) were suspected new adverse events of ticagrelor. Conclusion The FAERS database produced potential signals associated with ticagrelor that have not been recorded in the package inserts, such as cardiac arrest, atrial fibrillation, asphyxia, and rhabdomyolysis. Further clinical surveillance is needed to quantify and validate potential hazards associated with ticagrelor-related adverse events.
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- Yunyan Pan
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy Translational Science, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Sandner S, Gaudino M, Redfors B, Angiolillo DJ, Ben-Yehuda O, Bhatt DL, Fremes SE, Lamy A, Marano R, Mehran R, Pocock S, Rao SV, Spertus JA, Weinsaft JW, Wells G, Ruel M. One-month DAPT with ticagrelor and aspirin for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: rationale and design of the randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled ODIN trial. EUROINTERVENTION 2024; 20:e322-e328. [PMID: 38436365 PMCID: PMC10905196 DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-23-00699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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The optimal antiplatelet strategy after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) is unclear. Adding the P2Y12 inhibitor, ticagrelor, to low-dose aspirin for 1 year is associated with a reduction in graft failure, particularly saphenous vein grafts, at the expense of an increased risk of clinically important bleeding. As the risk of thrombotic graft failure and ischaemic events is highest early after CABG surgery, a better risk-to-benefit profile may be attained with short-term dual antiplatelet therapy followed by single antiplatelet therapy. The One Month Dual Antiplatelet Therapy With Ticagrelor in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients (ODIN) trial is a prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, international, multicentre study of 700 subjects that will evaluate the effect of short-term dual antiplatelet therapy with ticagrelor plus low-dose aspirin after CABG in patients with CCS. Patients will be randomised 1:1 to ticagrelor 90 mg twice daily or matching placebo, in addition to aspirin 75-150 mg once daily for 1 month; after the first month, antiplatelet therapy will be continued with aspirin alone. The primary endpoint is a hierarchical composite of all-cause death, stroke, myocardial infarction, revascularisation and graft failure at 1 year. The key secondary endpoint is a hierarchical composite of all-cause death, stroke, myocardial infarction, Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) type 3 bleeding, revascularisation and graft failure at 1 year (net clinical benefit). ODIN will report whether the addition of ticagrelor to low-dose aspirin for 1 month after CABG reduces ischaemic events and provides a net clinical benefit in patients with CCS. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05997693).
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- Sigrid Sandner
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery and Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiological and Hematological Sciences, Section of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- New York University Langone Health System, New York, NY, USA
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- University of Missouri-Kansas City's Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality, Kansas City, MO, USA and Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Greenberg Cardiology Division, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Heart Institute, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Ahmed R, de Souza RJ, Li V, Banfield L, Anand SS. Twenty years of participation of racialised groups in type 2 diabetes randomised clinical trials: a meta-epidemiological review. Diabetologia 2024; 67:443-458. [PMID: 38177564 PMCID: PMC10844363 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-023-06052-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Type 2 diabetes mellitus prevalence is increasing globally and the greatest burden is borne by racialised people. However, there are concerns that the enrolment of racialised people into RCTs is limited, resulting in a lack of ethnic and racial diversity. This may differ depending whether an RCT is government funded or industry funded. The aim of this study was to review the proportions of racialised and white participants included in large RCTs of type 2 diabetes pharmacotherapies relative to the disease burden of type 2 diabetes in these groups. METHODS The Ovid MEDLINE database was searched from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2020. English language reports of RCTs of type 2 diabetes pharmacotherapies published in select medical journals were included. Studies were included in this review if they had a sample size of at least 100 participants and all participants were adults with type 2 diabetes. Industry-funded trials must have recruited participants from at least two countries. Government-funded trials were not held to the same standard because they are typically conducted in a single country. Data including the numbers and proportions of participants by ethnicity and race were extracted from trial reports. The participation-to-prevalence ratio (PPR) was calculated for each trial by dividing the percentage of white and racialised participants in each trial by the percentage of white and racialised participants with type 2 diabetes, respectively, for the regions of recruitment. A random-effects meta-analysis was used to generate the pooled PPRs and 95% CIs across study types. A PPR <0.80 indicates under-representation and a PPR >1.20 indicates over-representation. Risk of bias assessments were not conducted for this study as the objective was to examine recruitment of racialised and white participants rather than evaluate the trustworthiness of clinical trial outcomes. RESULTS A total of 83 trials were included, involving 283,122 participants, of which 15 were government-funded and 68 were industry-funded trials. In government-funded trials, the PPR for white participants was 1.11 (95% CI 0.99, 1.24) and the PPR for racialised participants was 0.72 (95% CI 0.60, 0.86). In industry-funded trials, the PPR for white participants was 1.95 (95% CI 1.74, 2.18) and the PPR for racialised participants was 0.36 (95% CI 0.32, 0.42). The limitations of this study include the reliance on investigator-reported ethnicity and race to classify participants as 'white' or 'racialised', the use of estimates for type 2 diabetes prevalence and demographic data, and the high levels of heterogeneity of pooled estimates. However, despite these limitations, the results were consistent with respect to direction. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Racialised participants are under-represented in government- and industry-funded type 2 diabetes trials. Strategies to improve recruitment and enrolment of racialised participants into RCTs should be developed. REGISTRATION Open Science Framework registration no. f59mk ( https://osf.io/f59mk ) FUNDING: The authors received no financial support for this research or authorship of the article.
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- Rabeeyah Ahmed
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Chanchlani Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Chanchlani Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
- Chanchlani Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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Bohula EA, Marston NA, Ruzza A, Murphy SA, De Ferrari GM, Diaz R, Leiter LA, Elliott-Davey M, Wang H, Bhatia AK, Giugliano RP, Sabatine MS. Rationale and design of the effect of evolocumab in patients at high cardiovascular risk without prior myocardial infarction or stroke (VESALIUS-CV) trial. Am Heart J 2024; 269:179-190. [PMID: 38160917 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND The reduction of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) with evolocumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody inhibitor of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9i), reduces the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) with a prior MI, prior stroke, or symptomatic peripheral artery disease, with no offsetting safety concerns. The effect of evolocumab on CV outcomes in lower risk patients without a history of MI or stroke has not been explored. STUDY DESIGN VESALIUS-CV is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, global clinical trial designed to evaluate the effect of evolocumab on the risk of major cardiovascular events in patients at high cardiovascular risk but without a prior ischemic event. The study population consists of 12,301 patients with atherosclerosis or high-risk diabetes mellitus without a prior MI or stroke; an LDL-C ≥ 90 mg/dL, or non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) ≥ 120 mg/dL, or apolipoprotein B ≥ 80 mg/dL; and treated with optimized lipid-lowering therapy. Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to evolocumab 140 mg subcutaneously every 2 weeks or matching placebo. The primary efficacy objective is to assess whether evolocumab reduces the risk of the dual primary composite endpoints of coronary heart disease (CHD) death, myocardial infarction (MI), or ischemic stroke (triple primary endpoint) and of CHD death, MI, ischemic stroke, or ischemia-driven arterial revascularization (quadruple primary endpoint). Recruitment began in June 2019 and completed in November 2021. The trial is planned to continue until at least 751 patients experience an adjudicated triple endpoint, at least 1254 experience an adjudicated quadruple endpoint, and the median follow-up is ≥4.5 years. CONCLUSION VESALIUS-CV will determine whether the addition of evolocumab to optimized lipid-lowering therapy reduces cardiovascular events in patients at high cardiovascular risk without a prior MI or stroke. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT03872401.
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- Erin A Bohula
- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Estudios Clínicos Latino America, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Byrne RA, Rossello X, Coughlan JJ, Barbato E, Berry C, Chieffo A, Claeys MJ, Dan GA, Dweck MR, Galbraith M, Gilard M, Hinterbuchner L, Jankowska EA, Jüni P, Kimura T, Kunadian V, Leosdottir M, Lorusso R, Pedretti RFE, Rigopoulos AG, Rubini Gimenez M, Thiele H, Vranckx P, Wassmann S, Wenger NK, Ibanez B. 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE 2024; 13:55-161. [PMID: 37740496 DOI: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuad107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Myers RA, Ortel TL, Waldrop A, Cornwell M, Newman JD, Levy NK, Barrett TJ, Ruggles K, Sowa MA, Dave S, Ginsburg GS, Berger JS, Voora D. Platelet RNA Biomarker of Ticagrelor-Responsive Genes Is Associated With Platelet Function and Cardiovascular Events. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2024; 44:423-434. [PMID: 38059352 PMCID: PMC10843550 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.123.319759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Identifying patients with the optimal risk:benefit for ticagrelor is challenging. The aim was to identify ticagrelor-responsive platelet transcripts as biomarkers of platelet function and cardiovascular risk. METHODS Healthy volunteers (n=58, discovery; n=49, validation) were exposed to 4 weeks of ticagrelor with platelet RNA data, platelet function, and self-reported bleeding measured pre-/post-ticagrelor. RNA sequencing was used to discover platelet genes affected by ticagrelor, and a subset of the most informative was summarized into a composite score and tested for validation. This score was further analyzed (1) in CD34+ megakaryocytes exposed to an P2Y12 inhibitor in vitro, (2) with baseline platelet function in healthy controls, (3) in peripheral artery disease patients (n=139) versus patient controls (n=30) without atherosclerosis, and (4) in patients with peripheral artery disease for correlation with atherosclerosis severity and risk of incident major adverse cardiovascular and limb events. RESULTS Ticagrelor exposure differentially expressed 3409 platelet transcripts. Of these, 111 were prioritized to calculate a Ticagrelor Exposure Signature score, which ticagrelor reproducibly increased in discovery and validation cohorts. Ticagrelor's effects on platelets transcripts positively correlated with effects of P2Y12 inhibition in primary megakaryocytes. In healthy controls, higher baseline scores correlated with lower baseline platelet function and with minor bleeding while receiving ticagrelor. In patients, lower scores independently associated with both the presence and extent of atherosclerosis and incident ischemic events. CONCLUSIONS Ticagrelor-responsive platelet transcripts are a biomarker for platelet function and cardiovascular risk and may have clinical utility for selecting patients with optimal risk:benefit for ticagrelor use.
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- Rachel A Myers
- Duke Clinical Research Unit, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham NC
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- Departments of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC
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- Departments of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC
- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY
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- Departments of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC
- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY
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- Departments of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC
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ElSayed NA, Aleppo G, Bannuru RR, Bruemmer D, Collins BS, Das SR, Ekhlaspour L, Hilliard ME, Johnson EL, Khunti K, Kosiborod MN, Lingvay I, Matfin G, McCoy RG, Perry ML, Pilla SJ, Polsky S, Prahalad P, Pratley RE, Segal AR, Seley JJ, Stanton RC, Gabbay RA. 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2024. Diabetes Care 2024; 47:S179-S218. [PMID: 38078592 PMCID: PMC10725811 DOI: 10.2337/dc24-s010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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The American Diabetes Association (ADA) "Standards of Care in Diabetes" includes the ADA's current clinical practice recommendations and is intended to provide the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care. Members of the ADA Professional Practice Committee, an interprofessional expert committee, are responsible for updating the Standards of Care annually, or more frequently as warranted. For a detailed description of ADA standards, statements, and reports, as well as the evidence-grading system for ADA's clinical practice recommendations and a full list of Professional Practice Committee members, please refer to Introduction and Methodology. Readers who wish to comment on the Standards of Care are invited to do so at professional.diabetes.org/SOC.
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Xia X, Chen S, Cao C, Ye Y, Shen Y. New Score Models for Predicting Bleeding and Ischemic of Ticagrelor Therapy in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2024; 30:10760296241254107. [PMID: 38780348 PMCID: PMC11119327 DOI: 10.1177/10760296241254107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Ticagrelor is an antiplatelet drug, and its use increases the risk of bleeding. Coronary artery disease is significantly influenced by the widespread occurrence of diabetes mellitus. In order to decrease the incidence of clinical adverse events, a novel bleeding and thrombosis score is developed in this research. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of patient data from two medical centers who were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and treated with ticagrelor. We gathered information on every patient from the electronic database of the hospital and follow-up. The collected data were statistically analyzed to obtain risk factors for bleeding and ischemic events. RESULTS A total of 851 patients with diabetes mellitus who have been administered ticagrelor are included in our investigation. A total of 76 patients have bleeding events and 80 patients have ischemic events. The analysis of multiple variables indicates that characteristics like the age of >65, having a previous occurrence of bleeding, experiencing anemia, using aspirin, and taking atorvastatin are linked to a higher likelihood of bleeding. Additionally, the age of >65, smoking, having a history of blood clots, and having a BMI ≥ 30 are found to increase the risk of ischemia. CONCLUSION The A4B score established in this study was better than the HAS-BLED score,and the same is true for the ABST score to the CHA2DS-VASc score. This new risk assessment model can potentially detect patients who are at high risk for bleeding and ischemic events. For high-risk patients, the dose of ticagrelor can be adjusted appropriately or the medication can be adjusted.(2023-09-11, ChiCTR2300075627).
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- Xiaotong Xia
- Department of Pharmacy, Zhongshan Hospital (Xiamen), Fudan University, Fujian Xiamen, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Zhongshan Hospital (Xiamen), Fudan University, Fujian Xiamen, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Zhongshan Hospital (Xiamen), Fudan University, Fujian Xiamen, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Mas-Llado C, Gonzalez-Del-Hoyo M, Siquier-Padilla J, Blaya-Peña L, Coughlan JJ, García de la Villa B, Peral V, Rossello X. Representativeness in randomised clinical trials supporting acute coronary syndrome guidelines. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. QUALITY OF CARE & CLINICAL OUTCOMES 2023; 9:796-805. [PMID: 36702530 PMCID: PMC10745262 DOI: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcad007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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AIMS Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are published to guide the management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We aimed to critically appraise the representativeness and standard of care of randomised clinical trials (RCTs) supporting CPGs for ACS. METHODS AND RESULTS American and European CPGs for ST- and non-ST-elevation ACS were screened to extract all references (n = 2128) and recommendations (n = 600). Among the 407 primary publications of RCTs (19.1%), there were 52.6 and 73.2% recruiting patients in North America and Europe, respectively, whereas other regions were largely under-represented (e.g. 25.3% RCTs recruited in Asia). There was 68.6% RCTs enrolling patient with ACS, whereas the remaining 31.4% did not enrol any patient with ACS. There was under-representation of some important subgroups, including elderly, female (29.9%), and non-white patients (<20%). The incidence and type of reperfusion reported in these RCTs were not reflective of current clinical practice (the percentage of patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) among all RCTs was 42.7%; whereas for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction patients, the number of participants who underwent fibrinolysis was 3.3-fold higher than those who underwent primary PCI). All-cause mortality in these RCTs was 11.9% in RCTs with a follow-up ≤ 1 year. CONCLUSION Randomised clinical trials supporting CPGs for ACS are not fully representative of the diversity of the ACS population and their current standard of care. While some of these issues with representativeness may be explained by how evidence has been accrued over time, efforts should be made by trialists to ensure that the evidence supporting CPGs is representative of the wider ACS population.
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- Caterina Mas-Llado
- Cardiology Department, Hospital de Manacor, 07500 Manacor, Spain
- Fisiopatología y Terapéutica Cardiovascular, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07122 Palma, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma, Spain
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- Fisiopatología y Terapéutica Cardiovascular, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07122 Palma, Spain
- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07122 Palma, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07122 Palma, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07122 Palma, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Deutsches Herzzentrum München und Technische Universität München, 80636 Munich, Germany
- Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Mater Private Network, D07 KWR1 Dublin, Ireland
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital de Manacor, 07500 Manacor, Spain
- Fisiopatología y Terapéutica Cardiovascular, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07122 Palma, Spain
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- Fisiopatología y Terapéutica Cardiovascular, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07122 Palma, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma, Spain
- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07122 Palma, Spain
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- Fisiopatología y Terapéutica Cardiovascular, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07122 Palma, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma, Spain
- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07122 Palma, Spain
- Translational Laboratory for Cardiovascular Imaging and Therapy, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Ji Y, Wang B, Wu G, Zhang Y, Wang Q, Zhou M. Comparison of rivaroxaban-based dual antithrombotic and antiplatelet therapies for symptomatic patients with lower-extremity peripheral artery disease post-revascularization: a retrospective cohort study. Ther Adv Chronic Dis 2023; 14:20406223231213262. [PMID: 38085917 PMCID: PMC10699158 DOI: 10.1177/20406223231213262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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Background Patients with symptomatic lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (LE-PAD) are prone to serious cardiovascular and limb events. Few studies have evaluated the effect of rivaroxaban-based dual antithrombotic therapy in high-risk patients with LE-PAD in Asian populations. Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban-based dual antithrombotic therapy in symptomatic patients with LE-PAD. Design Retrospective cohort study. Methods This study included patients with LE-PAD treated at the Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2021. These participants were divided into antiplatelet (APT) or antiplatelet therapy combined with rivaroxaban (RAPT) groups. The efficacy outcomes in this study were the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, or death from cardiovascular causes, and major adverse limb events (MALE), including urgent revascularization, acute limb ischemia, and major amputation. The safety outcomes included major and clinically relevant non-major (CRNM) bleeding. Patients were followed up until the time of death or the end of the study (31 March 2023). Results We included 1144 patients with LE-PAD (APT: 502 patients; RAPT: 642 patients). The RAPT group had a lower risk of primary composite efficacy outcomes [hazard ratio (HR): 0.40] and a nonsignificant increase in major bleeding risk (HR: 2.33) than the APT group. The RATP group also had a significantly lower risk of secondary efficacy outcomes, including ischemic stroke (HR: 0.41), myocardial infarction (HR: 0.31), cardiovascular death (HR: 0.40), and MALE (HR: 0.65), than the APT group. The CRNM bleeding incidence varied between the two groups (HR: 3.96). Moreover, no significant interactions were observed between the subgroups and treatment groups in the composite efficacy analysis. Conclusion Rivaroxaban-based dual antithrombotic therapy significantly reduced the occurrence of MACE in patients with LE-PAD without increasing major bleeding events. High-risk patients benefited from the dual antithrombotic therapy.
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- Ye Ji
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, No. 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China
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König CS, Mann A, McFarlane R, Marriott J, Price M, Ramachandran S. Age and the Residual Risk of Cardiovascular Disease following Low Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol Exposure. Biomedicines 2023; 11:3208. [PMID: 38137429 PMCID: PMC10740806 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11123208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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We believe that there is sufficient evidence from basic science, longitudinal cohort studies and randomised controlled trials which validates the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) or lipid hypothesis. It is important that we can communicate details of the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction that the average patient could expect depending on the scale of LDL-C decrease following lipid lowering therapy. It is also essential that residual risk (ResR) of CVD be highlighted. To achieve this aim by using existing trial evidence, we developed mathematical models initially for relative risk reduction (RRR) and absolute risk (AR) reduction and then showed that despite optimising LDL-C levels, a considerable degree of ResR remains that is dependent on AR. Age is significantly associated with AR (odds ratio: 1.02, 95% confidence intervals: 1.01-1.04) as was previously demonstrated by analysing the Whickham study cohort using a logistic regression model (age remaining significant even when all the other significant risk factors such as sex, smoking, systolic blood pressure, diabetes and family history were included in the regression model). A discussion of a paper by Ference et al. provided detailed evidence of the relationship between age and AR, based on lifetime LDL-C exposure. Finally, we discussed non-traditional CVD risk factors that may contribute to ResR based on randomised controlled trials investigating drugs improving inflammation, thrombosis, metabolic and endothelial status.
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- Carola S. König
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Brunel University London, London UB8 3PH, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (A.M.); (R.M.); (J.M.)
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (A.M.); (R.M.); (J.M.)
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; (A.M.); (R.M.); (J.M.)
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK;
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Brunel University London, London UB8 3PH, UK
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B15 2GW, UK
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospitals of North Midlands, Staffordshire ST4 6QG, UK
- School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
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Liu C, Ma L. Comparison efficacy and safety of different antiplatelet or anticoagulation drugs in chronic coronary syndromes patients: A Bayesian network meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e36429. [PMID: 38050293 PMCID: PMC10695535 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000036429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) were conducted to explore the efficacy and safety of different antiplatelet or anticoagulation drugs in chronic coronary syndromes patients. METHODS Electronic databases (Pubmed, Embase and Cochrane databases) were systematically searched to identify randomized controlled trials evaluating different antiplatelet or anticoagulation drugs (aspirin, aspirin + clopidogrel, aspirin + clopidogrel + cilostazol, clopidogrel/prasugrel + aspirin, aspirin + rivaoxaban 2.5 mg, aspirin + ticagrelor 60 mg, aspirin + ticagrelor 90 mg, clopidogrel or rivroxaban 5 mg) versus placebo for treatment chronic coronary syndromes patients. Outcomes included major adverse cardiovascular events, all cause death, major bleeding and myocardial infarction. A random-effect Bayesian NMA was conducted for outcomes of interest, and results were presented as odds ratios (ORs) and 95% credible intervals. The NMA was performed using R Software with a GeMTC package. A Bayesian NMA was performed and relative ranking of agents was assessed using surface under the cumulative ranking probabilities. RESULTS Ten randomized controlled trials met criteria for inclusion and finally included in this NMA. In head-to-head comparison, no significant difference was observed between all antithrombotic treatment strategies with respect to primary endpoint of major adverse cardiovascular events. In head-to-head comparison, no significant difference was observed between all antithrombotic treatment strategies with respect to all cause death. Clopidogrel/prasugrel + aspirin (OR = 3.8, 95% credible intervals [CrI]: 1.3-12.0, P < .05) and aspirin + rivaroxaban 2.5 mg (OR = 3.1, 95%CrI: 1.1-9.5, P < .05) was associated with an increase of the major bleeding. Compared with aspirin alone, aspirin + clopidogrel (OR = 0.42, 95%CrI: 0.22-0.76, P < .05) and aspirin + ticagrelor 90 mg (OR = 0.42, 95%CrI: 0.17-0.95, P < .05) was associated with a decrease of the myocardial infarction. CONCLUSIONS Myocardial infarction was significantly lower when adding clopidogrel or ticagrelor 90 mg to aspirin than those in the aspirin alone group. However, clopidogrel/prasugrel and rivaroxaban 2.5 mg was associated with an increase of the major bleeding than aspirin alone.
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- Chang Liu
- Department of Cardiology, Chongqing Traditional Medicine Hospital, Chongqing 400021, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chongqing Fire and Rescue Hospital, Chongqing, China
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Baber U, Spirito A, Sartori S, Angiolillo DJ, Briguori C, Cohen DJ, Collier T, Dangas G, Dudek D, Escaned J, Gibson CM, Han YL, Huber K, Kastrati A, Kaul U, Kornowski R, Krucoff M, Kunadian V, Vogel B, Mehta SR, Moliterno D, Sardella G, Shlofmitz RA, Sharma S, Steg PG, Pocock S, Mehran R. Clinically Driven Revascularization in High-Risk Patients Treated With Ticagrelor Monotherapy After PCI: Insights from the Randomized TWILIGHT Trial. Am J Cardiol 2023; 208:16-24. [PMID: 37806185 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Repeat coronary revascularization is a common adverse event after successful percutaneous coronary intervention. This analysis aimed to assess the effects of ticagrelor monotherapy on repeat clinically driven revascularization (CDR). In the TWILIGHT (Ticagrelor With Aspirin or Alone in High-Risk Patients after Coronary Intervention) trial, after 3 months of ticagrelor plus aspirin, high-risk patients were maintained on ticagrelor and randomly allocated to aspirin or placebo for 1 year. The primary end point of this analysis was CDR within 12 months after randomization. The key secondary end points were major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs), a composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or CDR, and net adverse clinical events (NACEs), including the individual components of MACCEs and clinically relevant bleeding. The analysis was performed in the per-protocol population. CDR occurred in 473 of 7,039 patients and was associated with a significantly higher risk of subsequent all-cause death, myocardial infarction, or stroke (adjusted hazard ratios [HRs] 2.92, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.82 to 4.67). Ticagrelor monotherapy was associated with a similar 12-month risk of CDR (7.1% vs 6.6%; HR 1.09, 95% CI 0.90 to 1.30, p = 0.363) and MACCEs (8.9% vs 8.6%; HR 1.04, 95% CI 0.89 to 1.22, p = 0.619), and a lower risk of NACEs (12.2% vs 14.6%; HR 0.83 95% CI 0.73 to 0.94, p = 0.004) than ticagrelor plus aspirin. In conclusion, among high-risk patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention, ticagrelor monotherapy after 3 months of ticagrelor-based dual antiplatelet therapy was associated with a similar risk of CDR and MACCEs and a decrease of NACEs (TWILIGHT: NCT02270242).
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- Usman Baber
- Department of Cardiology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York; St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York
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- Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Hospital Clínico San Carlos IDISCC, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China
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- Third Department Medicine, Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Wilhelminen Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Sigmund Freud University, Medical Faculty, Vienna, Austria
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- Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
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Oliva A, Cao D, Spirito A, Nicolas J, Pileggi B, Kamaleldin K, Vogel B, Mehran R. Personalized Approaches to Antiplatelet Treatment for Cardiovascular Diseases: An Umbrella Review. Pharmgenomics Pers Med 2023; 16:973-990. [PMID: 37941790 PMCID: PMC10629404 DOI: 10.2147/pgpm.s391400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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Antiplatelet therapy is the cornerstone of antithrombotic prevention in patients with established atherosclerosis, since it has been proven to reduce coronary, cerebrovascular, and peripheral thrombotic events. However, the protective effect of antiplatelet agents is counterbalanced by an increase of bleeding events that impacts on patients' mortality and morbidity. Over the last years, great efforts have been made toward personalized antithrombotic strategies according to the individual bleeding and ischemic risk profile, aiming to maximizing the net clinical benefit. The development of risk scores, consensus definitions, and the new promising artificial intelligence tools, as well as the assessment of platelet responsiveness using platelet function and genetic testing, are now part of an integrated approach to tailored antithrombotic management. Moreover, novel strategies are available including dual antiplatelet therapy intensity and length modulation in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization, the use of P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy for long-term secondary prevention, the implementation of parenteral antiplatelet agents in high-ischemic risk clinical settings, and combination of antiplatelet agents with low-dose factor Xa inhibitors (dual pathway inhibition) in patients suffering from polyvascular disease. This review summarizes the currently available evidence and provides an overview of the principal risk-stratification tools and antiplatelet strategies to inform treatment decisions in patients with cardiovascular disease.
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- Angelo Oliva
- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
- Cardio Center, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
- Department of Cardiopneumonology, Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
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Sandner S, Redfors B, Gaudino M. Antiplatelet therapy around CABG: the latest evidence. Curr Opin Cardiol 2023; 38:484-489. [PMID: 37751394 PMCID: PMC10552805 DOI: 10.1097/hco.0000000000001078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The optimal antiplatelet strategy in patients after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is unclear. We review the evidence on the efficacy and safety of DAPT after CABG and discuss potential novel antiplatelet strategies that reduce the risk of bleeding without loss of efficacy. RECENT FINDINGS Adding the potent P2Y12 inhibitor ticagrelor to aspirin for 1 year after CABG is associated with a reduction in the risk of vein graft failure, at the expense of an increased risk of clinically important bleeding. Ticagrelor monotherapy is not associated with better efficacy than aspirin alone, but is not associated with increased bleeding risk. SUMMARY Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is recommended after acute coronary syndrome events, but aspirin as single antiplatelet therapy remains the cornerstone of antithrombotic therapy in stable ischemic heart disease because of a lack of solid evidence on the benefit of DAPT on clinical outcomes. Shorter duration DAPT, based on the pathophysiology of vein graft failure, may be a promising strategy that requires testing in adequately powered randomized trials.
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- Sigrid Sandner
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Marx N, Federici M, Schütt K, Müller-Wieland D, Ajjan RA, Antunes MJ, Christodorescu RM, Crawford C, Di Angelantonio E, Eliasson B, Espinola-Klein C, Fauchier L, Halle M, Herrington WG, Kautzky-Willer A, Lambrinou E, Lesiak M, Lettino M, McGuire DK, Mullens W, Rocca B, Sattar N. 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes. Eur Heart J 2023; 44:4043-4140. [PMID: 37622663 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 116.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Byrne RA, Rossello X, Coughlan JJ, Barbato E, Berry C, Chieffo A, Claeys MJ, Dan GA, Dweck MR, Galbraith M, Gilard M, Hinterbuchner L, Jankowska EA, Jüni P, Kimura T, Kunadian V, Leosdottir M, Lorusso R, Pedretti RFE, Rigopoulos AG, Rubini Gimenez M, Thiele H, Vranckx P, Wassmann S, Wenger NK, Ibanez B. 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes. Eur Heart J 2023; 44:3720-3826. [PMID: 37622654 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 376] [Impact Index Per Article: 376.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Kitt K, Murphy R, Clarke A, Reddin C, Ferguson J, Bosch J, Whiteley W, Canavan M, Judge C, O’Donnell M. Antiplatelet therapy and incident cognitive impairment or dementia-a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials. Age Ageing 2023; 52:afad197. [PMID: 37897809 PMCID: PMC10612993 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afad197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The benefit of antiplatelet therapy in preventing cognitive impairment or dementia is uncertain. We investigated the association between antiplatelet therapy and incident cognitive impairment or dementia in randomised clinical trials. METHODS We searched PubMed, EMBASE and CENTRAL for randomised clinical trials published from database inception through 1 February 2023. Trials that evaluated the association of antiplatelet therapy with incident cognitive impairment or dementia were included. For single-agent antiplatelet, the control group was placebo. For dual agent antiplatelet therapy, the control group was single-agent monotherapy. A random-effects meta-analysis model was used to report pooled treatment effects and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The primary outcome was incident cognitive impairment or dementia. Secondary outcomes included change in cognitive test scores. RESULTS A total of 11 randomised clinical trials were included (109,860 participants). All reported the incidence of cognitive impairment or dementia on follow-up. The mean (SD) age of trial participants was 66.2 (7.9) years. Antiplatelet therapy was not significantly associated with a reduced risk of cognitive impairment or dementia (11 trials; 109,860 participants) (3.49% versus 4.18% of patients over a mean trial follow-up of 5.8 years; odds ratio [OR], 0.94 [95% CI, 0.88-1.00]; absolute risk reduction, 0.2% [95% CI, -0.4% to 0.009%]; I2 = 0.0%). Antiplatelet therapy was not significantly associated with mean change in cognitive test scores. CONCLUSION In this meta-analysis, antiplatelet therapy was not significantly associated with a lower risk of incident cognitive impairment or dementia, but the CIs around this outcome do not exclude a modest preventative effect.
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- Kevin Kitt
- HRB-Clinical Research Facility, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- HRB-Clinical Research Facility, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- HRB-Clinical Research Facility, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- HRB-Clinical Research Facility, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Wellcome Trust – HRB, Irish Clinical Academic Training, Galway, Ireland
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- HRB-Clinical Research Facility, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, McMaster University, Ontario, Canda
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- HRB-Clinical Research Facility, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- HRB-Clinical Research Facility, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- HRB-Clinical Research Facility, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, McMaster University, Ontario, Canda
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Giubilato S, Lucà F, Abrignani MG, Gatto L, Rao CM, Ingianni N, Amico F, Rossini R, Caretta G, Cornara S, Di Matteo I, Di Nora C, Favilli S, Pilleri A, Pozzi A, Temporelli PL, Zuin M, Amico AF, Riccio C, Grimaldi M, Colivicchi F, Oliva F, Gulizia MM. Management of Residual Risk in Chronic Coronary Syndromes. Clinical Pathways for a Quality-Based Secondary Prevention. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5989. [PMID: 37762932 PMCID: PMC10531720 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12185989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Chronic coronary syndrome (CCS), which encompasses a broad spectrum of clinical presentations of coronary artery disease (CAD), is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Recent guidelines for the management of CCS emphasize the dynamic nature of the CAD process, replacing the term "stable" with "chronic", as this disease is never truly "stable". Despite significant advances in the treatment of CAD, patients with CCS remain at an elevated risk of major cardiovascular events (MACE) due to the so-called residual cardiovascular risk. Several pathogenetic pathways (thrombotic, inflammatory, metabolic, and procedural) may distinctly contribute to the residual risk in individual patients and represent a potential target for newer preventive treatments. Identifying the level and type of residual cardiovascular risk is essential for selecting the most appropriate diagnostic tests and follow-up procedures. In addition, new management strategies and healthcare models could further support available treatments and lead to important prognostic benefits. This review aims to provide an overview of the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in the management of patients with CCS and to promote more effective multidisciplinary care.
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- Simona Giubilato
- Cardiology Department, Cannizzaro Hospital, 95126 Catania, Italy;
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- Cardiology Department, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, AO Bianchi Melacrino Morelli, 89129 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (F.L.); (C.M.R.)
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- Cardiology Department, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, 00184 Rome, Italy
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- Cardiology Department, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, AO Bianchi Melacrino Morelli, 89129 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (F.L.); (C.M.R.)
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- ASP Trapani Cardiologist Marsala Castelvetrano Districts, 91022 Castelvetrano, Italy;
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- Cardiology Department, Cannizzaro Hospital, 95126 Catania, Italy;
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- Cardiology Unit, Ospedale Santa Croce e Carle, 12100 Cuneo, Italy;
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- Sant’Andrea Hospital, ASL 5 Regione Liguria, 19124 La Spezia, Italy;
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- Arrhytmia Unit, Division of Cardiology, Ospedale San Paolo, Azienda Sanitaria Locale 2, 17100 Savona, Italy;
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- De Gasperis Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, 20162 Milan, Italy; (I.D.M.); (F.O.)
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Science, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy;
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Meyer Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy;
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- Cardiology Unit, Brotzu Hospital, 09121 Cagliari, Italy;
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- Cardiology Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, 24127 Bergamo, Italy;
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- Division of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, 28013 Gattico-Veruno, Italy;
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy;
- Department of Cardiology, West Vicenza Hospital, 136071 Arzignano, Italy
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- CCU-Cardiology Unit, Ospedale San Giuseppe da Copertino Hospital, Copertino, 73043 Lecce, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano Hospital, 81100 Caserta, Italy;
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- Department of Cardiology, General Regional Hospital “F. Miulli”, 70021 Bari, Italy;
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- Clinical and Rehabilitation Cardiology Unit, San Filippo Neri Hospital, 00135 Rome, Italy;
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- De Gasperis Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, 20162 Milan, Italy; (I.D.M.); (F.O.)
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- Cardiology Department, Garibaldi Nesima Hospital, 95122 Catania, Italy;
- Heart Care Foundation, 50121 Florence, Italy
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Capodanno D, Angiolillo DJ. Personalised antiplatelet therapies for coronary artery disease: what the future holds. Eur Heart J 2023; 44:3059-3072. [PMID: 37345589 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death globally, and antiplatelet therapy is crucial for both its prevention and treatment. Antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin and P2Y12 inhibitors are commonly used to reduce the risk of thrombotic events, including myocardial infarction, stroke, and stent thrombosis. However, the benefits associated with the use of antiplatelet drugs also come with a risk of bleeding complications. The ever-growing understanding of the poor prognostic implications associated with bleeding has set the foundations for defining strategies that can mitigate such safety concern without any trade-off in antithrombotic protection. To this extent, personalised antiplatelet therapy has emerged as a paradigm that optimizes the balance between safety and efficacy by customizing treatment to the individual patient's needs and risk profile. Accurate risk stratification for both bleeding and thrombosis can aid in selecting the optimal antiplatelet therapy and prevent serious and life-threatening outcomes. Risk stratification has traditionally included clinical and demographic characteristics and has expanded to incorporate angiographic features and laboratory findings. The availability of bedside platelet function testing as well as rapid genotyping assays has also allowed for a more individualized selection of antiplatelet therapy. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art and future trends in personalised antiplatelet therapy for patients with CAD, with emphasis on those presenting with an acute coronary syndrome and undergoing percutaneous coronary revascularization. The aim is to provide clinicians with a comprehensive understanding of personalised antiplatelet therapy and facilitate informed clinical decision-making.
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- Davide Capodanno
- Division of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria 'G. Rodolico - San Marco', University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia, 78 - 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, 655 West 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA
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González-Juanatey C, Anguita-Sánchez M, Barrios V, Núñez-Gil I, Gómez-Doblas JJ, García-Moll X, Lafuente-Gormaz C, Rollán-Gómez MJ, Peral-Disdier V, Martínez-Dolz L, Rodríguez-Santamarta M, Viñolas-Prat X, Soriano-Colomé T, Muñoz-Aguilera R, Plaza I, Curcio-Ruigómez A, Orts-Soler E, Segovia-Cubero J, Fanjul V, Marín-Corral J, Cequier Á. Impact of Advanced Age on the Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Stable Coronary Artery Disease in a Real-World Setting in Spain. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5218. [PMID: 37629262 PMCID: PMC10456002 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12165218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and coronary artery disease (CAD) without myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke are at high risk for major cardiovascular events (MACEs). We aimed to provide real-world data on age-related clinical characteristics, treatment management, and incidence of major cardiovascular outcomes in T2DM-CAD patients in Spain from 2014 to 2018. We used EHRead® technology, which is based on natural language processing and machine learning, to extract unstructured clinical information from electronic health records (EHRs) from 12 hospitals. Of the 4072 included patients, 30.9% were younger than 65 years (66.3% male), 34.2% were aged 65-75 years (66.4% male), and 34.8% were older than 75 years (54.3% male). These older patients were more likely to have hypertension (OR 2.85), angina (OR 1.64), heart valve disease (OR 2.13), or peripheral vascular disease (OR 2.38) than those aged <65 years (p < 0.001 for all comparisons). In general, they were also more likely to receive pharmacological and interventional treatments. Moreover, these patients had a significantly higher risk of MACEs (HR 1.29; p = 0.003) and ischemic stroke (HR 2.39; p < 0.001). In summary, patients with T2DM-CAD in routine clinical practice tend to be older, have more comorbidities, are more heavily treated, and have a higher risk of developing MACE than is commonly assumed from clinical trial data.
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- Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, 14014 Cordoba, Spain;
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
- Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain
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- IBIMA (Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga), Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, CIBERCV (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovasculares), 29010 Malaga, Spain;
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- Hospital Universitario Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08041 Barcelona, Spain; (X.G.-M.); (X.V.-P.)
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- Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, CIBERCV (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovasculares), IIS La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain;
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- Hospital Universitario Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08041 Barcelona, Spain; (X.G.-M.); (X.V.-P.)
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- Hospital Vall d’Hebron, CIBERCV (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovasculares), 08035 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Hospital General Universitario de Castellón, 12004 Castellon de la Plana, Spain;
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- Savana Research SL, 28013 Madrid, Spain; (V.F.); (J.M.-C.)
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- Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, IDIBELL (Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Bellvitge), Universidad de Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain;
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Virk HUH, Escobar J, Rodriguez M, Bates ER, Khalid U, Jneid H, Birnbaum Y, Levine GN, Smith SC, Krittanawong C. Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: A Concise Review for Clinicians. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:1580. [PMID: 37511955 PMCID: PMC10381391 DOI: 10.3390/life13071580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) combines two antiplatelet agents to decrease the risk of thrombotic complications associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Emerging data about the duration of DAPT is being published continuously. New approaches are trying to balance the time, benefits, and risks for patients taking DAPT for established cardiovascular diseases. Short-term dual DAPT of 3-6 months, or even 1 month in high-bleeding risk patients, is equivalent in terms of efficacy and effectiveness compared to long-term DAPT for patients who experienced percutaneous coronary intervention in an acute coronary syndrome setting. Prolonged DAPT beyond 12 months reduces stent thrombosis, major adverse cardiovascular events, and myocardial infarction rates but increases bleeding risk. Extended DAPT does not significantly benefit stable coronary artery disease patients in reducing stroke, myocardial infarction, or cardiovascular death. Ticagrelor and aspirin reduce cardiovascular events in stable coronary artery disease with diabetes but carry a higher bleeding risk. Antiplatelet therapy duration in atrial fibrillation patients after percutaneous coronary intervention depends on individual characteristics and bleeding risk. Antiplatelet therapy is crucial for post-coronary artery bypass graft and transcatheter aortic valve implantation; Aspirin (ASA) monotherapy is preferred. Antiplatelet therapy duration in peripheral artery disease depends on the scenario. Adding vorapaxar and cilostazol may benefit secondary prevention and claudication, respectively. Carotid artery disease patients with transient ischemic attack or stroke benefit from antiplatelet therapy and combining ASA and clopidogrel is more effective than ASA alone. The optimal duration of DAPT after carotid artery stenting is uncertain. Resistance to ASA and clopidogrel poses an incremental risk of deleterious cardiovascular events and stroke. The selection and duration of antiplatelet therapy in patients with cardiovascular disease requires careful consideration of both efficacy and safety outcomes. The use of combination therapies may provide added benefits but should be weighed against the risk of bleeding. Further research and clinical trials are needed to optimize antiplatelet treatment in different patient populations and clinical scenarios.
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- Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk
- Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44101, USA
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- International Transitional Medical Graduate, American College of Physician, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
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- John T Milliken Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Section of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston, TX 77555, USA
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Cardiology Division, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Spagnolo M, Angiolillo DJ, Capodanno D. Evaluating the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic impact of different modes of ticagrelor administration. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2023; 19:769-784. [PMID: 37849294 DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2023.2272595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Alternative administration modes for oral P2Y12 inhibitors, particularly ticagrelor, have emerged as a potential alternative to overcome the limitations associated with the delayed onset of action of these drugs in patients who are unable to swallow or with impaired absorption. AREAS COVERED This comprehensive literature review aims to provide an overview of the current state of knowledge on the pharmacokinetics and administration modes of ticagrelor, including factors that may affect its action. It also compares the pharmacokinetics of ticagrelor with that of other drugs with similar uses to provide a comprehensive understanding of the potential advantages and limitations of different modalities of P2Y12 administration. For this purpose, Embase, Medline, Web of Science Core Collection, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Google Scholar, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched from database inception to July 2023. EXPERT OPINION Among the different alternatives, crushed formulations, especially for ticagrelor, have emerged as the most promising option, showing early and robust platelet inhibition. However, important questions remain unanswered, such as the comparative clinical benefits of crushed ticagrelor versus standard administration, the cost-effectiveness of alternative modes compared to intravenous P2Y12 inhibitors such as cangrelor, and the important limitations associated with the concomitant use of opioids, who have been proven to impair even the action of crushed ticagrelor.
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- Marco Spagnolo
- Division of Cardiology, A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Rodolico - San Marco", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Rodolico - San Marco", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Berg DD, Moura FA, Bellavia A, Scirica BM, Wiviott SD, Bhatt DL, Raz I, Bohula EA, Giugliano RP, Park JG, Feinberg MW, Braunwald E, Morrow DA, Sabatine MS. Assessment of Atherothrombotic Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. J Am Coll Cardiol 2023; 81:2391-2402. [PMID: 37344040 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Risk of atherothrombotic events is not uniform in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Tailored risk assessment may help guide selection of pharmacotherapies for cardiovascular primary and secondary prevention. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to develop a risk model for atherothrombosis in patients with T2DM. METHODS We developed and validated a risk model for myocardial infarction (MI) or ischemic stroke (IS) in a pooled cohort of 42,181 patients with T2DM from 4 TIMI (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction) clinical trial cohorts. Candidate variables were assessed with multivariable Cox regression, and independent variables (P < 0.05) were retained in the final model. Discrimination and calibration were assessed. Treatment interactions with dapagliflozin (sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor) and evolocumab (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor) were explored in the DECLARE-TIMI 58 (Dapagliflozin Effect on CardiovascuLAR Events-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 58) and FOURIER (Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research with PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects with Elevated Risk) trials, respectively. RESULTS Sixteen variables were independent predictors of MI or IS. The model identified a >8-fold gradient of MI or IS rates between the top vs bottom risk quintiles in the validation cohort (3-year Kaplan-Meier rate: 14.9% vs 1.4%; P < 0.0001). C-indexes were 0.704 and 0.706 in the derivation and validation cohorts, respectively. The model was well-calibrated in both primary and secondary prevention. Absolute reduction in the rates of MI or IS tended to be greater in patients with higher baseline predicted risk for both dapagliflozin (absolute risk reduction: 2.1% vs 0.2%) and evolocumab (absolute risk reduction: 3.2% vs 1.0%). CONCLUSIONS We developed and validated a risk score for atherothrombotic events, leveraging 16 routinely assessed clinical variables in patients with T2DM. The score has the potential to improve risk assessment and inform clinical decision-making.
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- David D Berg
- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Capodanno D, Mehran R, Krucoff MW, Baber U, Bhatt DL, Capranzano P, Collet JP, Cuisset T, De Luca G, De Luca L, Farb A, Franchi F, Gibson CM, Hahn JY, Hong MK, James S, Kastrati A, Kimura T, Lemos PA, Lopes RD, Magee A, Matsumura R, Mochizuki S, O'Donoghue ML, Pereira NL, Rao SV, Rollini F, Shirai Y, Sibbing D, Smits PC, Steg PG, Storey RF, Ten Berg J, Valgimigli M, Vranckx P, Watanabe H, Windecker S, Serruys PW, Yeh RW, Morice MC, Angiolillo DJ. Defining Strategies of Modulation of Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Consensus Document from the Academic Research Consortium. Circulation 2023; 147:1933-1944. [PMID: 37335828 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.123.064473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Antiplatelet therapy is the mainstay of pharmacologic treatment to prevent thrombotic or ischemic events in patients with coronary artery disease treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and those treated medically for an acute coronary syndrome. The use of antiplatelet therapy comes at the expense of an increased risk of bleeding complications. Defining the optimal intensity of platelet inhibition according to the clinical presentation of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and individual patient factors is a clinical challenge. Modulation of antiplatelet therapy is a medical action that is frequently performed to balance the risk of thrombotic or ischemic events and the risk of bleeding. This aim may be achieved by reducing (ie, de-escalation) or increasing (ie, escalation) the intensity of platelet inhibition by changing the type, dose, or number of antiplatelet drugs. Because de-escalation or escalation can be achieved in different ways, with a number of emerging approaches, confusion arises with terminologies that are often used interchangeably. To address this issue, this Academic Research Consortium collaboration provides an overview and definitions of different strategies of antiplatelet therapy modulation for patients with coronary artery disease, including but not limited to those undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, and consensus statements on standardized definitions.
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- Davide Capodanno
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco," University of Catania, Italy (D.C., P.C.)
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- Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute (R.M.), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City (U.B.)
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- Mount Sinai Heart (D.L.B.), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco," University of Catania, Italy (D.C., P.C.)
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- Sorbonne Université, ACTION Study Group, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière (APHP), Paris, France (J.-P.C.)
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- Interventional Cardiology Unit and Cathlab, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, La Timone, Marseille, France (T.C.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico "G Martino," University of Messina, Italy (G.D.L.)
- Division of Cardiology, IRCCS Hospital Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy (G.D.L.)
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- UniCamillus-Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy (L.D.L.)
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD (A.F., A.M.)
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville (F.F., F.R., D.J.A.)
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- Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (J.-Y.H.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (M.-K.H.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala University, Sweden (S.J.)
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany (A.K.)
- Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK; German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany (A.K., D.S.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Hirakata Kohsai Hospital, Osaka, Japan (T.K.)
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil (P.A.L.)
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- Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (M.W.K., R.D.L.)
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD (A.F., A.M.)
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- Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Tokyo, Japan (R.M., S.M., Y.S.)
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- Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Tokyo, Japan (R.M., S.M., Y.S.)
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- TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (M.L.O.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (N.L.P.)
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- NYU Langone Health System, New York, NY (S.V.R.)
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville (F.F., F.R., D.J.A.)
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- Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Tokyo, Japan (R.M., S.M., Y.S.)
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- Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK; German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany (A.K., D.S.)
- Ludwig-Maximilians University München, Munich, Germany (D.S.)
- Privatklinik Lauterbacher Mühle am Ostsee, Seeshaupt, Germany (D.S.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (P.C.S.)
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- Université Paris-Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France (P.G.S.)
- INSERM U-1148/LVTS, Paris, France (P.G.S.)
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris (P.G.S.)
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, UK (R.F.S.)
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center, the Netherlands (J.t.B.)
- Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands (J.t.B.)
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Maastricht, the Netherlands (J.t.B.)
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- Cardiocentro Institute, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland (M.V.)
- University of Bern, Switzerland (M.V.)
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- Department of Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Hasselt, Belgium (P.V.)
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Hasselt, Belgium (P.V.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital (S.W.)
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.W.Y.)
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville (F.F., F.R., D.J.A.)
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Hommels TM, Hermanides RS, Fabris E, Kedhi E. Exploring new insights in coronary lesion assessment and treatment in patients with diabetes mellitus: the impact of optical coherence tomography. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2023; 22:123. [PMID: 37226183 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-023-01844-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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In this review, we summarise new insights into diagnostic approaches and treatment strategies for coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Despite the improvements in therapy, the clinical management of DM patients remains challenging as they develop more extensive CAD at a younger age and consistently have worse clinical outcomes than non-DM patients. Current diagnostic modalities as well as revascularisation treatments mainly focus on ischemic lesions. However, the impact of plaque morphology and composition are emerging as strong predictors of adverse cardiac events even in the absence of identified ischemia. In particular, the presence of vulnerable plaques such as thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) lesions has been identified as a very strong predictor of future adverse events. This emphasises the need for an approach combining both functional and morphological methods in the assessment of lesions. In particular, optical coherence tomography (OCT) has proven to be a valuable asset by truly identifying TCFAs. New treatment strategies should consist of individualised and advanced medical regimens and may evolve towards plaque sealing through percutaneous treatment.
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- Cardiovascular Department, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Poniatowskiego 15, 40-055, Katowice, Poland.
- Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium.
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Otieno B, Ibecheozor C, Williams MS. What Is the Optimal Duration of Antiplatelet Therapy for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease? Curr Atheroscler Rep 2023:10.1007/s11883-023-01108-z. [PMID: 37178416 DOI: 10.1007/s11883-023-01108-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Optimal duration of antiplatelet therapy continues to attract extensive debates and has been progressively adjusted in the setting of advancements in stent design and assessment of patient clinical characteristics. Given the ever-changing landscape of antiplatelet therapy and the multitude of clinical trials that have examined this duration, there are varying scenarios for optimal duration based on patient presentation and risk profile. This review highlights the current concepts and recommendations regarding duration of antiplatelet therapy in coronary heart disease. RECENT FINDINGS In particular, we review the current data on the use of dual antiplatelet therapy in the different clinical scenarios. Relatively longer dual antiplatelet therapy is perhaps limited to patients with higher risk for cardiovascular events and/or high-risk lesions and shorter durations of dual antiplatelet therapy have been shown to reduce bleeding complications at the same time as stabilization of ischemic endpoints. More recent trials have demonstrated the safety of shorter durations of dual antiplatelet therapy in appropriate patients with coronary heart disease.
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- Beryl Otieno
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Towson, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 2400, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
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Bendary A, Zarif B, Badran HM, Shokry K, Kabil H. Boosting protection for patients with non-acute cardiovascular disease: a focus on antithrombotic regimen (a consensus expert opinion from the Egyptian Society of Cardiology working group of thrombosis and prevention). Egypt Heart J 2023; 75:40. [PMID: 37155111 PMCID: PMC10167059 DOI: 10.1186/s43044-023-00364-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Till the moment of this document writing, no Egyptian consensus is there to guide selection of additional antithrombotic in stable patients with established CVD. Despite use of lifestyle measures and statins, those patients with established CVD still face a considerable burden of residual risk. MAIN BODY With the evolvement of evidence-based medicine, there have been a lot of recommendations to use additional antithrombotic medications to maximize protection for those patients. Accordingly, the Egyptian Society of Cardiology working group of thrombosis and prevention took the responsibility of providing an expert consensus on the current recommendations for using antithrombotic medications to maximize protection in stable patients with established CVD. For stable patients with established CVD, in addition to proper lifestyle measures and appropriate dose statins, we recommend long-term aspirin therapy. In patients who are unable to take aspirin and in those with a history of gastrointestinal bleeding, clopidogrel is a reasonable alternative. CONCLUSIONS For some stable atherosclerotic CVD patients who are at high risk of cardiovascular events and at low risk for bleeding, a regimen of rivaroxaban and aspirin might be taken into consideration.
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- Ahmed Bendary
- Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.
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- Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menofia University, Shibin El Kom, Egypt
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- Cardiology Department, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, Egypt
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- Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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Roule V, Alexandre J, Lemaitre A, Chrétien B, Sassier M, Fedrizzi S, Beygui F, Dolladille C. Rhabdomyolysis with Co-Administration of Statins and Antiplatelet Therapies-Analysis of the WHO Pharmacovigilance Database. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2023:10.1007/s10557-023-07459-8. [PMID: 37115431 DOI: 10.1007/s10557-023-07459-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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PURPOSE While statins and antiplatelet therapies are largely prescribed together worldwide, limited information is available on the safety of their association regarding rhabdomyolysis occurrence. We aimed to assess the reporting of rhabdomyolysis in patients treated with a combination of statin and antiplatelet therapy, compared to statin alone. METHODS We used the World Health Organization pharmacovigilance database (VigiBase®) to compare the rhabdomyolysis reporting between statin (atorvastatin, fluvastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, and simvastatin) plus antiplatelet therapy (acetylsalicylic acid, clopidogrel, prasugrel and ticagrelor) groups versus statin alone groups, for each statin and antiplatelet therapy. Study setting was restricted to patients aged 45 or older, including reports up until 1st September, 2021. We computed reporting Odds-Ratio (ROR) and their 95% confidence interval (CI) to quantify the disproportionality between groups, adjusted on age and sex. RESULTS Among the 11,431,708 reports of adverse reactions, we extracted 9,489 cases of rhabdomyolysis in patients treated with statins, of whom 2,464 (26%) were also treated with antiplatelet therapy. The reporting of rhabdomyolysis was increased when ticagrelor was associated with atorvastatin (ROR 1.30 [1.02-1.65]) or rosuvastatin (ROR 1.90 [1.42-2.54]) compared to the respective statin alone but did not change when aspirin, clopidogrel or prasugrel were considered. CONCLUSION Rhabdomyolysis reporting was increased when ticagrelor -but not other antiplatelet agents- was notified with the most prescribed statins in practice. This finding needs to be considered by physicians especially in high-risk patients.
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- Vincent Roule
- Service de Cardiologie, CHU de Caen Normandie, 14000, Caen, France.
- UMRS 1237, INSERM, GIP Cyceron, 14000, Caen, France.
- Cardiology department, Caen University Hospital, Avenue Cote de Nacre, 14033, Caen, France.
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- Service de Pharmacologie, CHU de Caen Normandie, PICARO Cardio-Oncology Program, 14000, Caen, France
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- Service de Cardiologie, CHU de Caen Normandie, 14000, Caen, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie, CHU de Caen Normandie, PICARO Cardio-Oncology Program, 14000, Caen, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie, CHU de Caen Normandie, PICARO Cardio-Oncology Program, 14000, Caen, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie, CHU de Caen Normandie, PICARO Cardio-Oncology Program, 14000, Caen, France
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- Service de Cardiologie, CHU de Caen Normandie, 14000, Caen, France
- UMRS 1237, INSERM, GIP Cyceron, 14000, Caen, France
- ACTION Study Group, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Cardiology Department, Paris, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie, CHU de Caen Normandie, PICARO Cardio-Oncology Program, 14000, Caen, France
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Pham V, Moroni A, Gall E, Benedetti A, Zivelonghi C, Picard F. Revascularization and Medical Therapy for Chronic Coronary Syndromes: Lessons Learnt from Recent Trials, a Literature Review. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12082833. [PMID: 37109169 PMCID: PMC10141707 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12082833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Stable coronary artery disease (CAD) has recently been replaced by a new entity described as chronic coronary syndrome (CCS). This new entity has been developed based on a better understanding of the pathogenesis, the clinical characteristics, and the morbi-mortality associated to this condition as part of the dynamic spectrum of CAD. This has significant implications in the clinical management of CCS patients, that ranges from lifestyle adaptation, medical therapy targeting all the elements contributing to CAD progression (i.e., platelet aggregation, coagulation, dyslipidaemia, and systemic inflammation), to invasive strategies (i.e., revascularization). CCS is the most frequent presentation of coronary artery disease which is the first cardiovascular disease worldwide. Medical therapy is the first line therapy for these patients; however, revascularization and especially percutaneous coronary intervention remains beneficial for some of them. European and American guidelines on myocardial revascularization were released in 2018 and 2021, respectively. These guidelines provide different scenarios to help physicians choose the optimal therapy for CCS patients. Recently, several trials focusing on CCS patients have been published. We sought to synthetize the place of revascularization in CCS patients according to the latest guidelines, the lessons learnt from recent trials on revascularization and medical therapy, and future perspectives.
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- Vincent Pham
- Department of Cardiology, Cochin Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaire Paris Centre, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, HartCentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Cochin Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaire Paris Centre, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, HartCentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, HartCentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Cochin Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaire Paris Centre, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
- Faculté de Santé, Université Paris-Cité, 75006 Paris, France
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Canonico ME, Piccolo R, Avvedimento M, Leone A, Esposito S, Franzone A, Giugliano G, Gargiulo G, Hess CN, Berkowitz SD, Hsia J, Cirillo P, Esposito G, Bonaca MP. Antithrombotic Therapy in Peripheral Artery Disease: Current Evidence and Future Directions. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2023; 10:164. [PMID: 37103043 PMCID: PMC10144744 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd10040164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) are at an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, and those with disease in the lower extremities are at risk of major adverse limb events primarily driven by atherothrombosis. Traditionally, PAD refers to diseases of the arteries outside of the coronary circulation, including carotid, visceral and lower extremity peripheral artery disease, and the heterogeneity of PAD patients is represented by different atherothrombotic pathophysiology, clinical features and related antithrombotic strategies. The risk in this diverse population includes systemic risk of cardiovascular events as well as risk related to the diseased territory (e.g., artery to artery embolic stroke for patients with carotid disease, lower extremity artery to artery embolism and atherothrombosis in patients with lower extremity disease). Moreover, until the last decade, clinical data on antithrombotic management of PAD patients have been drawn from subanalyses of randomized clinical trials addressing patients affected by coronary artery disease. The high prevalence and related poor prognosis in PAD patients highlight the pivotal role of tailored antithrombotic therapy in patients affected by cerebrovascular, aortic and lower extremity peripheral artery disease. Thus, the proper assessment of thrombotic and hemorrhagic risk in patients with PAD represents a key clinical challenge that must be met to permit the optimal antithrombotic prescription for the various clinical settings in daily practice. The aim of this updated review is to analyze different features of atherothrombotic disease as well as current evidence of antithrombotic management in asymptomatic and secondary prevention in PAD patients according to each arterial bed.
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- Mario Enrico Canonico
- CPC Clinical Research, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
- Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, QC G1V0A6, Canada
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- CPC Clinical Research, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- CPC Clinical Research, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- CPC Clinical Research, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- CPC Clinical Research, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Parker WAE, Angiolillo DJ, Rollini F, Franchi F, Bonaca MP, Bhatt DL, Steg PG, Orme RC, Thomas MR, Judge HM, Sabatine MS, Storey RF. Influence of body weight and body mass index on the chronic pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic responses to clinically available doses of ticagrelor in patients with chronic coronary syndromes. Vascul Pharmacol 2023; 149:107145. [PMID: 36720377 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2023.107145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Ticagrelor has multiple indications, including for some patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) at high risk of ischaemic events. Body mass can potentially affect pharmacodynamics (PD) and pharmacokinetics (PK). We investigated the influence of body mass (range 53-172 kg, 20.8-46.9 kg/m2) on PD/PK in 221 CCS patients receiving ticagrelor 60 mg or 90 mg twice-daily (BD) during two randomised-controlled trials. Correlations between body weight (BW) or body mass index (BMI) and PD/PK measurements obtained during maintenance treatment at trough ('pre-dose') and peak effect ('post-dose') were assessed. BW and BMI correlated with P2Y12 reactivity units at pre-dose (e.g. BW:R = 0.26, p = 0.008) but not post-dose timepoints. BW affected ticagrelor active metabolite (TAM) levels (e.g. 60 mg BD, post-dose:R = -0.39, p < 0.0001) and there was evidence of an inverse power law relationship between BW and TAM-to-ticagrelor ratio. PK with ticagrelor 60 mg correlated significantly with BMI. BW and BMI did not affect the chance of high platelet reactivity, which remained very low across the whole cohort. There was no difference in PRU between the two doses of ticagrelor within each weight or BMI group. Body mass has modest effects on the PK/PD response to ticagrelor in patients with CCS but currently-used regimens appear adequate across the range of BW/BMI studied.
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- William A E Parker
- Cardiovascular Research Unit, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Université Paris-Cité, INSERM UMR1148/LVTS, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, St John of God Hospital, Southwest Health Campus, Bunbury, WA, Australia
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Cardiovascular Research Unit, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Unit, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Gupta R, Mares AC. REACHing conclusions on the external applicability of the THEMIS into clinical practice. Int J Cardiol 2023; 375:9-11. [PMID: 36596413 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.12.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Rahul Gupta
- Lehigh Valley Heart Institute, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA 18103, USA.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, TX 79905, USA
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Zheng N, Zhong J, Chen X, Su J, Liu C, Jiang L. Prophylactic Efficacy and Safety of Antithrombotic Regimens in Patients with Stable Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (S-ASCVD): A Bayesian Network Meta-Regression Analysis. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 2023; 23:257-267. [PMID: 36867384 DOI: 10.1007/s40256-023-00574-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of antithrombotic regimens and their combinations in preventing thrombotic incidents in patients with stable atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (S-ASCVD). METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted in the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases. The primary comprehensive endpoint was a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) composite of cardiovascular death, stroke, or myocardial infarction, while the secondary endpoints were cardiovascular death, all-cause stroke, ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, and all-cause death. The safety endpoint was major bleeding. Bayesian network meta-regression analysis in R software was used to calculate the final effect size and to correct for the effect of follow-up time on the outcome effect size. RESULTS Twelve studies reporting 122,190 patients with eight antithrombotic regimens were included in this systematic review. For the primary composite endpoint, low-dose aspirin plus clopidogrel 75 mg (hazard ratio [HR] 0.53, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.33-0.87) and low-dose aspirin plus rivaroxaban 2.5 mg twice daily (HR 0.53, 95% CI 0.34-0.82) showed significantly better efficacy than clopidogrel monotherapy, and the efficacy was comparable among the first two regimens. Unfortunately, none of the active regimens significantly decreased all-cause death, cardiovascular death branch, and all-cause stroke as part of the secondary endpoints. Low-dose aspirin plus ticagrelor 90 mg twice daily (HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.69-0.94) and low-dose aspirin plus ticagrelor 60 mg twice daily (HR 0.84, 95% CI 0.74-0.95) had a significant advantage in myocardial infarction compared with low-dose aspirin monotherapy, while low-dose aspirin plus 2.5 mg rivaroxaban twice daily (HR 0.62, 95% CI 0.41-0.94) was better than low-dose aspirin in the treatment of ischemic stroke. In the major bleeding branch, low-dose aspirin plus ticagrelor 90 mg twice daily (HR 2.2, 95% CI 1.70-2.90), low-dose aspirin plus ticagrelor 60 mg twice daily (HR 2.1, 95% CI 1.70-2.60), low-dose aspirin plus rivaroxaban 2.5 mg twice daily (HR 1.7, 95% CI 1.30-2.00), and rivaroxaban 5 mg twice daily (HR 1.5, 95% CI 1.20-1.90) showed higher major bleeding risk compared with low-dose aspirin. CONCLUSIONS Considering MACEs, myocardial infarction, all kinds of stroke, ischemic stroke, and major bleeding, low-dose aspirin plus rivaroxaban 2.5 mg twice daily should be considered the preferred regimen for S-ASCVD patients with low bleeding risk.
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- Nan Zheng
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ningbo Hwamei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 41, Northwest Street, Haishu District, Ningbo City, 315000, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ningbo Hwamei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 41, Northwest Street, Haishu District, Ningbo City, 315000, Zhejiang Province, China
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- School of Health, Brooks College (Sunnyvale), Milpitas, CA, USA.,Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ningbo No. 1 Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of General Medicine, Affiliated Anqing First People's Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anqing, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ningbo Hwamei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 41, Northwest Street, Haishu District, Ningbo City, 315000, Zhejiang Province, China.
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Zhang C, Wang X. Chinese expert consensus on antithrombotic management of high-risk elderly patients with chronic coronary syndrome. Aging Med (Milton) 2023; 6:4-24. [PMID: 36911091 PMCID: PMC10000274 DOI: 10.1002/agm2.12234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The prevalence and mortality of coronary artery disease (CAD) in China are still at an increasing stage. CAD can be classified as acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or chronic coronary syndrome (CCS). CCS is the main manifestation type of elderly patients with CAD, with a large number of patients, long course of disease, and poor prognosis, leading to decreased quality of life and heavy disease burden and economic burden. Especially in patients with high-risk CCS, the case fatality rate and total mortality are high. In order to better standardize the antithrombotic treatment of elderly patients with high-risk CCS, the Geriatrics Branch of the Chinese Medical Association organizes domestic experts to develop this consensus for clinicians' reference based on published clinical research evidence, combined with relevant guidelines, consensus, and expert recommendations in China and abroad.
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- Cuntai Zhang
- Department of Geriatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science & TechnologyWuhanChina
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xijing HospitalAir Force Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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Optimal Antiplatelet Therapy Revisited: When Is a Single Better Than a Double? J Am Coll Cardiol 2023; 81:553-556. [PMID: 36754515 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Jiang Z, Liu L, Bundhun PK. Cardiovascular Outcomes Observed with Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Meta-analysis. Diabetes Ther 2023; 14:387-399. [PMID: 36542307 PMCID: PMC9943993 DOI: 10.1007/s13300-022-01354-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is often associated with macrovascular complications including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), resulting in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Newer potent antiplatelet agents have recently been approved for use in clinical practice. In this analysis, we aimed to systematically compare the cardiovascular outcomes observed with ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in T2DM patients with ACS. METHODS From August to September 2022, electronic databases were searched for publications that compared cardiovascular outcomes observed with ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in patients with T2DM. The statistical analysis was carried out using RevMan 5.4 software. A random effect statistical model was used to analyze the data. Risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to represent the data post analysis. RESULTS A total of 5868 participants with T2DM were included in this analysis, of which 1944 participants were assigned to the ticagrelor group and 3924 participants were assigned to the clopidogrel group. Our analysis showed that ticagrelor was associated with a significantly lower risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) (RR: 0.64, 95% CI: 0.49-0.84; P = 0.001), all-cause mortality (RR: 0.65, 95% CI: 0.51-0.83; P = 0.0004), and cardiac death (RR: 0.60, 95% CI: 0.43-0.84; P = 0.003) in comparison to clopidogrel. However, the risks of repeated revascularization (RR: 1.48, 95% CI: 0.44-4.99; P = 0.53), stent thrombosis (RR: 0.70, 95% CI: 0.18-2.71; P = 0.60), reinfarction (RR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.58-1.23; P = 0.39), and stroke (RR: 0.56, 95% CI: 0.14-2.21; P = 0.41) were similar. Ticagrelor was associated with a significantly higher risk of minor bleeding (RR: 1.53, 95% CI: 1.07-2.19; P = 0.02), whereas the risk for major bleeding (RR: 1.08, 95% CI: 0.55-2.10; P = 0.82) was not significantly different. CONCLUSIONS In these T2DM patients with ACS, a significantly lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events including all-cause mortality was observed in the ticagrelor group compared with the clopidogrel group. However, T2DM patients who were assigned to ticagrelor showed a significantly higher minor bleeding risk. Larger clinical trials should be able to confirm these hypotheses.
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- Zhiming Jiang
- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, 410000 Hunan People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Eighth Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, 410001 Hunan People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Bruno Cheong Hospital, Central Flacq, 40614 Mauritius
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Adawi N, Rotshild V, Yanko S, Mowaswes M, Amir O, Haitner G, Matok I, Raccah BH. Efficacy and safety outcomes of long-term anti-thrombotic treatment of chronic coronary artery disease: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 9:1016390. [PMID: 36698921 PMCID: PMC9868614 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1016390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background Clopidogrel, prasugrel, ticagrelor, and low-dose rivaroxaban are all optional strategies in conjunction with aspirin for long-term treatment of chronic coronary artery disease. The aim of this research was to assess the efficacy and safety of long-term anti-thrombotic treatment of chronic coronary heart disease. Methods PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, Clinical Trials Registry ClinicalTrials.gov, and The Cochrane Library were searched through November 2021, to identify randomized controlled trials that compared long term anti-thrombotic therapy for coronary heart disease. Data were extracted to assess eligibility by two independent reviewers. Random-effects meta-analysis was used to pool results. Results Eleven randomized controlled trials were included (88,462 patients). In a network meta-analysis, the rivaroxaban compared to the clopidogrel regimen showed lower relative risks (RRs) for death of any cause (0.71; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.52-0.96), major adverse cardiac events (MACE) (0.73; 95% CI, 0.57-0.93), and cerebrovascular events (0.48; 95% CI, 0.30-0.78). The RR of cerebrovascular events was also lower for the rivaroxaban compared to the ticagrelor 60 mg regimen (0.72; 95% CI, 0.52-0.99). For the prasugrel regimen, the RRs were lower of myocardial infarction incidence versus all extended strategies: clopidogrel plus aspirin (0.76; 95% CI, 0.58-0.99), rivaroxaban (0.60; 95% CI, 0.38-0.93), ticagrelor 60 mg (0.61; 95% CI, 0.42-0.89), and ticagrelor 90 mg (0.63; 95% CI, 0.41-0.97). None of the dual strategies were associated with differences in major bleeding compared to the prasugrel regimen. Conclusions and relevance The rivaroxaban regimen appeared to be the preferred long-term anti-thrombotic regimen in preventing all-cause mortality. Our available results tend to support the efficacy of extended anti-thrombotic therapy consisting of prasugrel in lowering MI incidence compared to the other strategies, without increased risk of bleeding. However, additional large-scale direct clinical trials are needed to further determine the adequate long-term anti-thrombotic regimens for treating chronic coronary syndrome. Systematic review registration https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020186583, identifier CRD42020186583.
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- Nayrouz Adawi
- Division of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Institute for Drug Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Institute for Drug Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Institute for Drug Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Institute for Drug Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Institute for Drug Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Institute for Drug Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel,Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel,*Correspondence: Bruria Hirsh Raccah,
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Zhu H, Xu X, Wang H, Chen Q, Fang X, Zheng J, Gao B, Tong G, Zhou L, Chen T, Huang J. Secondary prevention of antithrombotic therapy in patients with stable cardiovascular disease at high ischemic risk: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 9:1040473. [PMID: 36698936 PMCID: PMC9869170 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1040473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Aims Antithrombotic secondary prevention in stable cardiovascular disease (SCVD) patients at high ischemic risk remains unclear. We compared the efficacy and safety of aspirin monotherapy, clopidogrel monotherapy, ticagrelor monotherapy, rivaroxaban monotherapy, clopidogrel plus aspirin, ticagrelor plus aspirin, and rivaroxaban plus aspirin in the high-risk ischemic cohorts. Methods and results Eleven randomized controlled trials were included (n = 111737). The primary outcomes were major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACEs) and major bleeding. A random effects model was used for frequentist network meta-analysis. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% credible intervals (CI) were reported as a summary statistic. Compared with aspirin monotherapy, rivaroxaban plus aspirin [OR 0.79 (95% CI, 0.69, 0.89)], ticagrelor plus aspirin [0.88 (0.80, 0.98)], clopidogrel plus aspirin [0.56 (0.41, 0.77)] were associated with a reduced risk of MACEs, but rivaroxaban monotherapy [0.92 (0.79, 1.07)], ticagrelor monotherapy [0.68 (0.45, 1.05)], and clopidogrel monotherapy [0.67 (0.43, 1.05)] showed no statistically significant difference. However, rivaroxaban monotherapy and all dual antithrombotic strategies increased the risk of major bleeding to varying degrees, with ticagrelor plus aspirin associated with the highest risk of major bleeding. The net clinical benefit favored clopidogrel or ticagrelor monotherapy, which have a mild anti-ischemic effect without an increase in bleeding risk. Conclusion The present network meta-analysis suggests that clopidogrel or ticagrelor monotherapy may be recommended first in this cohort of SCVD at high ischemic risk. But clopidogrel plus aspirin or rivaroxaban plus aspirin can still be considered for use in patients with recurrent MACEs.
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- Houyong Zhu
- Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China,*Correspondence: Houyong Zhu,
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- Affiliated Hangzhou Chest Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- The Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China,Tielong Chen,
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China,Jinyu Huang,
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Sandner S, Kastrati A, Niessner A, Böning A, Zeymer U, Conradi L, Danner B, Zimpfer D, Färber G, Manville E, Schunkert H, von Scheidt M, Cremer J, Attmann T, Friedrich I, Oberhoffer M, Knosalla C, Walther T, Wimmer-Greinecker G, Siepe M, Grubitzsch H, Joost A, Schaefer A, Misfeld M, Laufer G, Wiedemann D, Englberger L, Hambrecht R. Sex differences among patients receiving ticagrelor monotherapy or aspirin after coronary bypass surgery: A prespecified subgroup analysis of the TiCAB trial. Int J Cardiol 2023; 370:129-135. [PMID: 36328115 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.10.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is limited evidence on the association of sex with outcomes among patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery (CABG) and treated with ticagrelor monotherapy or aspirin. METHODS This was a pre-specified sub-analysis of TiCAB, an investigator-initiated placebo-controlled randomized trial. Primary efficacy endpoint was the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or repeat revascularization 1 year after CABG. Safety endpoint was BARC type 2, 3 or 5 bleeding. RESULTS A total of 280 (15.0%) women and 1579 (85.0%) men were included. Compared with men, women were older (66.1 ± 10.2 vs. 70.1 ± 9.3 years) with more acute presentation (17.0% vs 21.1%). The incidence of the primary endpoint was similar between women and men (9.2% vs. 8.9%, HR 1.08, 95%CI 0.71-1.66, P = 0.71). Cardiovascular death occurred more often in women (2.9% vs 1.0%, adjusted HR 2.87, 95%CI 1.23-6.70, P = 0.02). The incidence of bleeding was similar between the sexes (2.2% vs. 2.5%, HR 0.91, 95% CI 0.51-1.65, P = 0.77). Ticagrelor vs aspirin was associated with a similar risk of the primary endpoint in women (10.6% vs. 7.9%, HR 1.39, 95%CI 0.63-3.05, P = 0.42) and men (9.5% vs. 8.2%, HR 1.15, 95%CI 0.82-1.62, P = 0.41;pinteraction = 0.69), and a similar risk of bleeding in women (2.9% vs. 1.4%, HR 2.09, 95%CI 0.38-11.41, P = 0.40) and men (2.2% vs. 2.8%, HR 0.80, 95%CI 0.42-1.52, P = 0.49;pinteraction = 0.35). CONCLUSIONS Among women and men undergoing CABG, ticagrelor monotherapy was associated with a similar risk of the primary efficacy endpoint and bleeding compared with aspirin. The risk of cardiovascular death was increased in women irrespective of antiplatelet therapy.
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- Sigrid Sandner
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Munich, Heart Alliance, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Klinikum Ludwigshafen and Institut für Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Munich, Heart Alliance, Germany
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Munich, Heart Alliance, Germany
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Marques GL, Albuquerque AM, Romaniello G, Bozzi FPL, da Cunha GP, Andraus GS, Hastreiter G, Maniesi B, Baena C, Guedes M. Antithrombotic regimens for the prevention of major adverse cardiac events in chronic coronary syndrome: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1040936. [PMID: 37089879 PMCID: PMC10117905 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1040936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Backgroud Antithrombotic therapy is the cornerstone of chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) management. However, the best treatment option that optimally balances bleeding risk and efficacy remains undefined. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of antithrombotic options and identify the optimal treatment option for patients with CCS. Methods We used the MEDLINE, CENTRAL and Embase databases to search for randomized controlled trials with follow-up periods longer than 12 months that compared aspirin (ASA) monotherapy with other antithrombotic therapies in patients with CCS. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were used. Extracted data [hazard ratios (HR)] were pooled using Bayesian fixed-effect models, allowing the estimation of credible intervals (CrI) and posterior probabilities of benefit, harm, and practical equivalence. Confidence in the results was assessed with the Confidence In Network Meta-Analysis (CINeMA) tool. The primary efficacy and safety outcomes were major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and primary bleeding, respectively. Secondary outcomes were acute myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, all-cause, and cardiovascular-specific mortality. Results Five trials with a total of 80,605 patients were included. Mean patient age ranged from 61 to 69 years, while 20.3% to 31.4% were women. The reference treatment was ASA monotherapy. ASA + prasugrel 10 mg and clopidogrel 75 mg monotherapy presented the greatest benefit for MACE [HR 0.52 (95% CrI, 0.39-0.71); and 0.68 (95% CrI, 0.54-0.88)]. There was a probability of 98.8% that ASA + ticagrelor was practically equivalent to ASA monotherapy. Regarding the primary bleeding outcome, clopidogrel 75 mg monotherapy performed best [HR 0.64 (0.42, 0.99)]. There was a probability of 97.4% that ASA + Prasugrel 10 mg increases bleeding (HR > 1.0). Secondary outcome results followed a similar treatment ranking pattern as in primary outcomes. Overall, CINeMA confidence ratings were judged as either low or very low. Conclusions These results revealed that clopidogrel monotherapy might provide the best risk-benefit balance in treating CCS. However, low CINeMA confidence ratings may preclude more forceful conclusions. Our analysis suggests that current guidelines recommending ASA as first-line therapy for CCS management need to be revised to include additional pharmacological options.
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- Gustavo Lenci Marques
- Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
- Department of Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Curitiba, Brazil
- Department of Cardiology, Hospital Marcelino Champagnat, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
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- School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
- Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitário Cajuru, Curitiba, Brazil
- Correspondence: Cristina Baena
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- Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
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ElSayed NA, Aleppo G, Aroda VR, Bannuru RR, Brown FM, Bruemmer D, Collins BS, Das SR, Hilliard ME, Isaacs D, Johnson EL, Kahan S, Khunti K, Kosiborod M, Leon J, Lyons SK, Perry ML, Prahalad P, Pratley RE, Seley JJ, Stanton RC, Gabbay RA, on behalf of the American Diabetes Association. 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2023. Diabetes Care 2023; 46:S158-S190. [PMID: 36507632 PMCID: PMC9810475 DOI: 10.2337/dc23-s010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 156.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The American Diabetes Association (ADA) "Standards of Care in Diabetes" includes the ADA's current clinical practice recommendations and is intended to provide the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care. Members of the ADA Professional Practice Committee, a multidisciplinary expert committee, are responsible for updating the Standards of Care annually, or more frequently as warranted. For a detailed description of ADA standards, statements, and reports, as well as the evidence-grading system for ADA's clinical practice recommendations and a full list of Professional Practice Committee members, please refer to Introduction and Methodology. Readers who wish to comment on the Standards of Care are invited to do so at professional.diabetes.org/SOC.
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Siasos G, Tsigkou V, Bletsa E, Stampouloglou PK, Oikonomou E, Kalogeras K, Katsarou O, Pesiridis T, Vavuranakis M, Tousoulis D. Antithrombotic Treatment in Coronary Artery Disease. Curr Pharm Des 2023; 29:2764-2779. [PMID: 37644793 DOI: 10.2174/1381612829666230830105750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Coronary artery disease exhibits growing mortality and morbidity worldwide despite the advances in pharmacotherapy and coronary intervention. Coronary artery disease is classified in the acute coronary syndromes and chronic coronary syndromes according to the most recent guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology. Antithrombotic treatment is the cornerstone of therapy in coronary artery disease due to the involvement of atherothrombosis in the pathophysiology of the disease. Administration of antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants and fibrinolytics reduce ischemic risk, which is amplified early post-acute coronary syndromes or post percutaneous coronary intervention; though, antithrombotic treatment increases the risk for bleeding. The balance between ischemic and bleeding risk is difficult to achieve and is affected by patient characteristics, procedural parameters, concomitant medications and pharmacologic characteristics of the antithrombotic agents. Several pharmacological strategies have been evaluated in patients with coronary artery disease, such as the effectiveness and safety of antithrombotic agents, optimal dual antiplatelet treatment schemes and duration, aspirin de-escalation strategies of dual antiplatelet regimens, dual inhibition pathway strategies as well as triple antithrombotic therapy. Future studies are needed in order to investigate the gaps in our knowledge, including special populations.
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- Gerasimos Siasos
- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
- Cardiovascular Division, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Abtan J, Bhatt DL, Elbez Y, Ducrocq G, Goto S, Smith SC, Ohman EM, Eagle KA, Fox K, Harrington RA, Leiter LA, Mehta SR, Simon T, Petrov I, Sinnaeve PR, Pais P, Lev E, Bueno H, Wilson P, Steg PG. External applicability of the Effect of ticagrelor on Health Outcomes in diabEtes Mellitus patients Intervention Study (THEMIS) trial: An analysis of patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease in the REduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) registry. Int J Cardiol 2023; 370:51-57. [PMID: 36270493 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.10.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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AIMS THEMIS is a double-blind, randomized trial of 19,220 patients with diabetes mellitus and stable coronary artery disease (CAD) comparing ticagrelor to placebo, in addition to aspirin. The present study aimed to describe the proportion of patients eligible and reasons for ineligibility for THEMIS within a population of patients with diabetes and CAD included in the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) registry. METHODS AND RESULTS The THEMIS eligibility criteria were applied to REACH patients. THEMIS included patients ≥50 years with type 2 diabetes and stable CAD as determined by either a history of previous percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, or documentation of angiographic stenosis of ≥50% of at least one coronary artery. Patients with prior myocardial infarction or stroke were excluded. In REACH, 10,156 patients had stable CAD and diabetes. Of these, 6515 (64.1%) patients had at least one exclusion criteria. From the remaining population, 784 patients did not meet inclusion criteria (7.7%) mainly due to absence of aspirin treatment (7.2%), yielding a 'THEMIS-eligible population' of 2857 patients (28.1% of patients with diabetes and stable CAD). The main reasons for exclusion were a history of myocardial infarction (53.1%), use of oral anticoagulation (14.5%), or history of stroke (12.9%). Among the 4208 patients with diabetes and a previous PCI, 1196 patients (28.4%) were eligible for inclusion in the THEMIS-PCI substudy. CONCLUSIONS In a population of patients with diabetes and stable coronary artery disease, a sizeable proportion appear to be 'THEMIS eligible.' CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION http://www. CLINICALTRIALS gov identifier: NCT01991795.
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- Jeremie Abtan
- FACT (French Alliance for Cardiovascular clinical Trials), Université de Paris, Hôpital Bichat (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris) and INSERM U-1148, all in Paris, France; Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart & Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart & Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- FACT (French Alliance for Cardiovascular clinical Trials), Université de Paris, Hôpital Bichat (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris) and INSERM U-1148, all in Paris, France
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- FACT (French Alliance for Cardiovascular clinical Trials), Université de Paris, Hôpital Bichat (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris) and INSERM U-1148, all in Paris, France
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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- University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, USA
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Stanford Center for Clinical Research, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, California, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University ot Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute and Department of Medicine, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Plateforme de Recherche Clinique de l'Est Parisien (URCEST-CRCEST-CRB), Saint-Antoine Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- University Hospital Acibadem City Clinic Sofia, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Clinical Research and Training, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Department of Cardiology, Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, Ashdod, Faculty of Medicine, Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, all in, Israel
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, and CIBER de enfermedades CardioVasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain
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- FACT (French Alliance for Cardiovascular clinical Trials), Université de Paris, Hôpital Bichat (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris) and INSERM U-1148, all in Paris, France; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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