Agreement of treatment effects for mortality from routinely collected data and subsequent randomized trials: meta-epidemiological survey

LG Hemkens, DG Contopoulos-Ioannidis… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To assess differences in estimated treatment effects for mortality between
observational studies with routinely collected health data (RCD; that are published before …

Using nationwide'big data'from linked electronic health records to help improve outcomes in cardiovascular diseases: 33 studies using methods from epidemiology …

H Hemingway, GS Feder, NK Fitzpatrick… - … grants for applied …, 2017 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
BACKGROUND: Electronic health records (EHRs), when linked across primary and
secondary care and curated for research use, have the potential to improve our …

Clopidogrel discontinuation after acute coronary syndromes: frequency, predictors and associations with death and myocardial infarction—a hospital registry-primary …

R Boggon, TP van Staa, A Timmis… - European heart …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims Adherence to evidence-based treatments and its consequences after acute myocardial
infarction (MI) are poorly defined. We examined the extent to which clopidogrel treatment …

Usefulness of transient and persistent no reflow to predict adverse clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention

W Chan, D Stub, DJ Clark, AE Ajani… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The no reflow phenomenon is reported to occur in> 2% of all percutaneous coronary
interventions (PCIs) and portends a poor prognosis. We analyzed data from 5,286 …

Progress towards a national cardiac procedure database—development of the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS) and Melbourne …

W Chan, DJ Clark, AE Ajani, CH Yap… - Heart, Lung and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Since the call for a National Cardiac Procedures Database in 2001, much work has been
accomplished in both cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology in an attempt to …

Incidence, correlates, and clinical impact of nuisance bleeding after antiplatelet therapy for patients with drug-eluting stents

I Ben-Dor, R Torguson, M Scheinowitz, Y Li… - American heart …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Nuisance bleeding (NB) after dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is not well
characterized despite its potential to impact patient compliance. We therefore aimed to …

Optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy after implantation of drug-eluting stents: shorter or longer?

M Chang, DW Park - Cardiology and Therapy, 2014 - Springer
Use of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT; the combination of aspirin and an inhibitor of platelet
P2Y 12) is the key pharmacological component in the management of acute coronary …

Impact of periprocedural atrial fibrillation on short-term clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention

W Chan, AE Ajani, DJ Clark, D Stub… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
There are few data on the incidence and clinical outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation
(AF) treated in the era of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We analyzed 30-day …

Factors associated with clopidogrel use, adherence, and persistence in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

B Zhu, Z Zhao, P McCollam, J Anderson… - … medical research and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Recent guidelines recommend use of aspirin and either clopidogrel or prasugrel
for at least 12 months following use of drug-eluting or bare metal stents in patients with acute …

Effectiveness of two-year clopidogrel+ aspirin in abolishing the risk of very late thrombosis after drug-eluting stent implantation (from the TYCOON [two-year …

G Tanzilli, C Greco, F Pelliccia, V Pasceri… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
It remains unclear whether dual antiplatelet therapy> 12 months might carry a better
prognosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DESs). To …