Stenting and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: Findings from the global registry of acute coronary events (GRACE)
✍ Scribed by Gilles Montalescot; Frans Van de Werf; Dietrich C. Gulba; Álvaro Avezum; David Brieger; Brian M. Kennelly; Tomasz Mazurek; Frederick Spencer; Kami White; Joel M. Gore
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Stenting and GP IIb/IIIa inhibition are promising adjunctive therapies in PCI. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) is a registry of unselected patients with acute coronary syndromes, allowing for the study of treatments in a real‐world environment. Data from GRACE patients with AMI who underwent PCI were analyzed. After adjusting for demographics, baseline characteristics, and previous medications, treatment with GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors and a stent and treatment with a stent alone were significant predictors of survival at 6 months. Stents were used in 90.9% of patients. GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors were used in 59.7%; in most cases they were started after the beginning of the procedure. The in‐hospital death rate (7.6%) was highest in patients undergoing urgent PCI. Mortality at 6 months following PCI was 14.4% among patients who received neither GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors nor a stent, compared to patients who received both GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors and a stent (7.3%), GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors alone (12.8%), or a stent alone (6.7%) Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2003;60:360–367. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.