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Kelli Burger

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PubMed2004

Safety and efficacy of aspirin, clopidogrel, and warfarin after coronary stent placement in patients with an indication for anticoagulation.

BACKGROUND: Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel has replaced aspirin and systemic anticoagulation with warfarin as the preferred antithrombotic therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent placement. However, a number of patients have indications for all 3 drugs. We sought to determine the frequency and type of hemorrhagic complications in patients who undergo systemic anticoagulation with warfarin while receiving aspirin and clopidogrel after a PCI with stent placement. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of the Mayo Clinic PCI database and identified 66 consecutive patients who were discharged from hospital after PCI between January 2000 and August 2002 (inclusive) receiving a combination of dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin and clopidogrel) and systemic anticoagulation (warfarin) to determine the incidence of bleeding and other clinical events during the treatment period. RESULTS: Six patients (9.2%; 95% CI, 3.5-19.0) reported a bleeding event; 2 patients required a blood transfusion. No patient died or sustained a myocardial infarction or stent thrombosis. CONCLUSIONS: The risk of bleeding may be increased in patients treated with aspirin, a thienopyridine, and warfarin early after PCI with stent placement.

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PubMed2003

Prognostic significance of impairment of heart rate response to exercise: impact of left ventricular function and myocardial ischemia.

OBJECTIVES: The goal of this research was to study the association between heart rate (HR) response to exercise and the risk of death and myocardial infarction (MI) after adjustment for left ventricular (LV) function and myocardial ischemia. BACKGROUND: Chronotropic incompetence during exercise testing is associated with increased mortality. It is unknown whether LV dysfunction or ischemia accounts for this. METHODS: We studied 3,221 patients (age 59 +/- 12 years; 1,701 men) who underwent treadmill exercise echocardiography. We considered two markers of chronotropic incompetence: 1) failure to achieve 85% of the maximal predicted HR, and 2) low (<0.8) chronotropic index. The independent association between HR response and end points was evaluated by an adjusted risk (AR) model, which included clinical parameters, ejection fraction, and the severity of ischemic wall motion abnormalities. RESULTS: Target HR was not achieved in 495 (15%) patients. Low chronotropic index was observed in 793 (25%) patients. There were 129 deaths (41 cardiac) during a median follow-up of 3.2 years. Myocardial infarction occurred in 65 patients. Low chronotropic index was associated with cardiac death (AR, 1.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.18 to 2.04; p = 0.002) and MI (AR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.09 to 1.69; p = 0.007). Failure to achieve 85% of maximal predicted HR was associated with increased mortality (AR, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.02 to 2.22; p = 0.04) and cardiac death (AR, 2.13; 95% CI, 1.10 to 4.17; p = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: Impaired chronotropic response to exercise is associated with increased mortality and cardiac events even after adjusting for LV function and the severity of exercise-induced myocardial ischemia.

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