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1. Efficacy and tolerability between an olmesartan/amlodipine fixed-dose combination and an amlodipine double dose in mild to moderate hypertension

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Tsung-Hsien Lin, Cheng-Dao Tsai, Ju-Pin Pan, Charles Jia-Yin Hou, Chien-Hsun Hsia, Jui-Peng Tsai, and Wen-Ter Lai

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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, Amlodipine, Fixed-dose combination, Hypertension, Olmesartan, Medicine (General), R5-920
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Fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) are one of the options for improving blood pressure (BP) goal attainment. We enrolled 141 patients and evaluated the efficacy and safety between a fixed dose of olmesartan/amlodipine (OA) and a double dose of amlodipine (DA) for treating mild to moderate hypertension after amlodipine monotherapy failure. After at least 2 weeks of monotherapy failure, the patients were randomized to receive either OA or DA for 8 weeks. We compared the systolic blood pressure (SBP)-lowering efficacy of the OA and DA using both an office BP and an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) device. The intent-to-treat analysis found that the early (2nd week) and final visit (8th week) SBP reductions were significantly greater in those patients receiving OA (n = 70) than DA (n = 71) (17.57 ± 15.49 vs. 10.46 ± 13.36 and 24.89 ± 14.09 vs. 17.03 ± 13.27 mmHg, p = 0.002 and 0.001, respectively). Among those using ABPM, the patients with 8-week OA had a greater SBP-lowering effect in comparison with those on DA (14.08 ± 10.74 vs. 6.32 ± 10.21, p = 0.018). Both treatment strategies were well tolerated. This study showed that an OA FDC is more effective than DA in reducing SBP for mild to moderate hypertension after the failure of amlodipine monotherapy.

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2013
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2. Pitavastatin and Atorvastatin double-blind randomized comPArative study among hiGh-risk patients, including thOse with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Taiwan (PAPAGO-T Study).

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Ping-Yen Liu, Liang-Yu Lin, Hung-Ju Lin, Chien-Hsun Hsia, Yi-Ren Hung, Hung-I Yeh, Tao-Cheng Wu, Ju-Yi Chen, Kuo-Liong Chien, and Jaw-Wen Chen

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Medicine, Science
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Evidence about the efficacy and safety of statin treatment in high-risk patients with hypercholesterolemia is available for some populations, but not for ethnic Chinese. To test the hypothesis that treatment with pitavastatin (2 mg/day) is not inferior to treatment with atorvastatin (10 mg/day) for reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), a 12-week multicenter collaborative randomized parallel-group comparative study of high-risk ethnic Chinese patients with hypercholesterolemia was conducted in Taiwan. In addition, the effects on other lipid parameters, inflammatory markers, insulin-resistance-associated biomarkers and safety were evaluated.Between July 2011 and April 2012, 251 patients were screened, 225 (mean age: 58.7 ± 8.6; women 38.2% [86/225]) were randomized and treated with pitavastatin (n = 112) or atorvastatin (n = 113) for 12 weeks. Baseline characteristics in both groups were similar, but after 12 weeks of treatment, LDL-C levels were significantly lower: pitavastatin group = -35.0 ± 14.1% and atorvastatin group = -38.4 ± 12.8% (both: p < 0.001). For the subgroup with diabetes mellitus (DM) (n = 125), LDL-C levels (-37.1 ± 12.9% vs. -38.0 ± 13.1%, p = 0.62) were similarly lowered after either pitavastatin (n = 63) or atorvastatin (n = 62) treatment. Triglycerides, non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and apoprotein B were similarly and significantly lower in both treatment groups. In non-lipid profiles, HOMA-IR and insulin levels were higher to a similar degree in both statin groups. Hemoglobin A1C was significantly (p = 0.001) higher in the atorvastatin group but not in the pitavastatin group. Both statins were well tolerated, and both groups had a similar low incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events.Both pitavastatin (2 mg/day) and atorvastatin (10 mg/day) were well tolerated, lowered LDL-C, and improved the lipid profile to a comparable degree in high-risk Taiwanese patients with hypercholesterolemia.ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01386853 http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01386853?term=NCT01386853&rank=1.

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2013
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3. Using oxidized low-density lipoprotein autoantibodies to predict restenosis after balloon angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

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Ching-Hui Huang, Chia-Chu Chang, Ching-Shan Huang, Chen-Ling Kuo, Ching-Pei Chen, Chien-Hsun Hsia, Yung-Ming Chang, Hung-Te Chen, Chih-Chung Feng, Lee-Shin Lin, Po-Ta Yang, Chen-Dao Tsai, Chih-Sheng Lin, and Chin-San Liu

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Medicine, Science
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OBJECTIVES: Oxidized low-density lipoproteins (oxLDL) and oxidized low-density lipoprotein autoantibodies (OLAB) have been detected in human plasma and atherosclerotic lesions. OLAB appear to play a role in the clearance of oxLDL from circulation. Higher levels of OLAB appear to be associated with a reduced risk of a wide range of cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the prognostic value of plasma oxLDL and OLAB in patients undergoing primary coronary balloon angioplasty for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS: Plasma oxLDL and OLAB concentrations were measured in 56 patients with acute STEMI before primary angioplasty, and then 3 days, 7 days and 1 month after the acute event. Follow-up angiography was repeated 6 months later to detect the presence of restensosis (defined as >50% luminal diameter stenosis). The thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) risk score was calculated to determine the relationship between OLAB/oxLDL ratio and TIMI risk scores. RESULTS: Of the 56 patients, 18 (31%) had angiographic evidence of restenosis. Plasma OLAB concentrations were significantly lower in the restenosis group before angioplasty (181±114 vs. 335±257 U/L, p = 0.003), and at day 3 (155±92 vs. 277±185 U/L, p

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2013
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4. 36-month clinical outcomes of patients with venous thromboembolism

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Alexander G.G. Turpie, Alfredo E. Farjat, Sylvia Haas, Walter Ageno, Jeffrey I. Weitz, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Shinya Goto, Pantep Angchaisuksiri, Gloria Kayani, Renato D. Lopes, Chern-En Chiang, Harry Gibbs, Eric Tse, Peter Verhamme, Hugo ten Cate, Juan Muntaner, Sebastian Schellong, Henri Bounameaux, Paolo Prandoni, Uma Maheshwari, Ajay K. Kakkar, Ab Loualidi, Abdurrahim Colak, Abraham Bezuidenhout, Abu Abdool-Carrim, Addala Azeddine, Adriaan Beyers, Adriaan Dees, Ahmed Mohamed, Ahmet Aksoy, Akihiko Abiko, Akinori Watanabe, Alan Krichell, Alberto Alfredo Fernandez, Alberto Tosetto, Alexey Khotuntsov, Alisha Oropallo, Alison Slocombe, Allan Kelly, Amanda Clark, Amr Gad, Amy Arouni, Andor Schmidt, Andrea Berni, Andres Javier Kleiban, Andrew Machowski, Andrey Kazakov, Angel Galvez, Ann Lockman, Anna Falanga, Anoop Chauhan, Antoni Riera-Mestre, Antonino Mazzone, Armando D'Angelo, Artur Herdy, Atsushi Kato, Ayman Abd Elhamid Ebrahim Mahmoud Salem, Azlan Husin, Barbara Erdelyi, Barry Jacobson, Beatrice Amann-Vesti, Bektas Battaloglu, Benedicte Wilson, Benilde Cosmi, Bergmann Jean Francois, Berremeli Toufek, Beverley Hunt, Bhavesh Natha, Bisher Mustafa, Bonnie Chi Shan Kho, Boulon Carine, Brian Zidel, Brisot Dominique, Brousse Christophe, Bruno Trimarco, Canhua Luo, Carlos Alberto Cuneo, Carlos Jerjes Sanchez Diaz, Carsten Schwencke, Cas Cader, Celal Yavuz, Cesar Javier Zaidman, Charles Lunn, Chau-Chung Wu, Cheng Hock Toh, Chevrier Elisa, Chien-Hsun Hsia, Chien-Lung Huang, Chi-Hang Kevin Kwok, Chih-Cheng Wu, Chi-Hung Huang, Chris Ward, Christian Opitz, Christina Jeanneret-Gris, Chung Yin Ha, Chun-Yao Huang, Claude Luyeye Bidi, Clifford Smith, Cornelia Brauer, Corrado Lodigiani, Couturaud Francis, Cynthia Wu, Daniel Staub, Daniel Theodoro, Daniela Poli, David - Riesco Acevedo, David Adler, David Jimenez, David Keeling, David Scott, Davide Imberti, Desmond Creagh, Desmurs-Clavel Helene, Dirk Hagemann, Dirk Le Roux, Dirk Skowasch, Dmitry Belenky, Dmitry Dorokhov, Dmitry Petrov, Dmitry Zateyshchikov, Domenico Prisco, Dorthe Møller, Dusan Kucera, Ehab M. Esheiba, Elizaveta Panchenko, Elkouri Dominique, Emre Dogan, Emre Kubat, Enrique Diaz Diaz, Eric Wai Choi Tse, Erik Yeo, Erman Hashas, Ernst Grochenig, Eros Tiraferri, Erwin Blessing, Escande Orthlieb Michèle, Esther Usandizaga, Ettore Porreca, Fabian Ferroni, Falvo Nicolas, Félix Ayala-Paredes, Firas Koura, Fitjerald Henry, Franco Cosmi, Frans Erdkamp, Gadel Kamalov, Garcia-Bragado Dalmau, Garrigues Damien, Garry Klein, Gaurand Shah, Geert Hollanders, Geno Merli, Georg Plassmann, George Platt, Germain Poirier, German Sokurenko, Ghassan Haddad, Gholam Ali, Giancarlo Agnelli, Gin Gin Gan, Grace Kaye-Eddie, Gregoire Le Gal, Gregory Allen, Guillermo Antonio Llamas Esperón, Guillot Jean-Paul, Hagen Gerofke, Hallah Elali, Hana Burianova, Hans-Juergen Ohler, Haofu Wang, Harald Darius, Harinder S. Gogia, Harry Striekwold, Hatice Hasanoglu, Hatice Turker, Hendrik Franow, Herbert De Raedt, Herman Schroe, Hesham Salah ElDin, Hesham Zidan, Hiroaki Nakamura, Ho Young Kim, Holger Lawall, Hong Zhu, Hongyan Tian, Ho-Young Yhim, Hun Gyu Hwang, Hyeok Shim, Igor Kim, Igor Libov, Igor Sonkin, Igor Suchkov, Ik-Chan Song, Ilker Kiris, Ilya Staroverov, Irene Looi, Isabel M. De La Azuela Tenorio, Ismail Savas, Ivan Gordeev, Ivo Podpera, Jae Hoon Lee, Jameela Sathar, James Welker, Jan Beyer-Westendorf, Jan Kvasnicka, Jan Vanwelden, JangYong Kim, Jaromira Svobodova, Jaspal Gujral, Javier Marino, Javier Tristan Galvar, Jeannine Kassis, Jen-Yuan Kuo, Jhih-Yuan Shih, JiHyun Kwon, Jin Hyun Joh, Jin Hyun Park, Jin Seok Kim, Jinghua Yang, Jiri Krupicka, Jiri Lastuvka, Jiri Pumprla, Jiri Vesely, Joan Carlos Souto, João Antônio Correa, Johan Duchateau, John Perry Fletcher, Jorge del Toro, Jorge Guillermo Chavez Paez, Jørn Nielsen, Jose Dalmo Araujo Filho, Jose Saraiva, Jose Antonio Diaz Peromingo, Jose Gomez Lara, Jose Luis Fedele, Jose Maria Surinach, Joseph Chacko, Juan Antonio Muntaner, Juan Carlos Álvarez Benitez, Juan Moreno Hoyos Abril, Julian Humphrey, Julio Bono, Junji Kanda, Juree Boondumrongsagoon, Kai Hang Yiu, Kanchana Chansung, Karin Boomars, Kate Burbury, Katsuhiro Kondo, Kemal Karaarslan, Kensuke Takeuchi, Knut Kroeger, Konstantin Zrazhevskiy, Koscál Svatopluk, Kou-Gi Shyu, Kristel Vandenbosch, Kuan-Cheng Chang, Kuan-Ming Chiu, Kubina Jean-Manuel, Kwan Jing Wern, Kwo-Chang Ueng, Lalita Norasetthada, Laure Binet, Lee Ping Chew, Lei Zhang, Leone Maria Cristina, Lidwine Tick, Lilia Beatriz Schiavi, Lily Lee Lee Wong, Lohana Borges, Louis Botha, Luc Capiau, Luc Timmermans, Luciano Eduardo López, Luigi Ria, Luis Manuel Hernandez Blasco, Luis Alberto Guzman, Luis Flota Cervera, Mahe Isabelle, Manuel Monreal Bosch, Manuel de los Rios Ibarra, Manuel Núñez Fernandez, Marc Carrier, Marcelo Raul Barrionuevo, Marco Antonio Alcocer Gamba, Marco Cattaneo, Marco Moia, Margaret Bowers, Mariam Chetanachan, Mario Alberto Berli, Mark Fixley, Markus Faghih, Markus Stuecker, Marlin Schul, Martin Banyai, Martin Koretzky, Martin Myriam, Mary Elizabeth Gaffney, Masao Hirano, Masashi Kanemoto, Mashio Nakamura, Mersel Tahar, Messas Emmanuel, Michael Kovacs, Michael Leahy, Michael Levy, Michael Munch, Michael Olsen, Michel De Pauw, Michel Gustin, Michiel Van Betsbrugge, Mikhail Boyarkin, Miroslav Homza, Modise Koto, Mohamed Abdool-Gaffar, Mohamed Ayman Fakhry Nagib, Mohamed El-Dessoki, Mohamed Khan, Monniaty Mohamed, Moo Hyun Kim, Moon-Hee Lee, Mosaad Soliman, Mostafa Shawky Ahmed, Mostafa Soliman Abd el Bary, Moustafa A. Moustafa, Muhammad Hameed, Muhip Kanko, Mujibur Majumder, Nadezhda Zubareva, Nicola Mumoli, Nik Azim Nik Abdullah, Nisa Makruasi, Nishen Paruk, Nonglak Kanitsap, Norberto Duda, Nordiana Nordin, Ole Nyvad, Olga Barbarash, Orcun Gurbuz, Oscar Gomez Vilamajo, Oscar Nandayapa Flores, Ozcan Gur, Oztekin Oto, Pablo Javier Marchena, Patrick Carroll, Pavel Lang, Peter MacCallum, Peter Baron von Bilderling, Peter Blombery, Petr Jansky, Peuch Bernadette, Philippe De Vleeschauwer, Philippe Hainaut, Piera Maria Ferrini, Piriyaporn Iamsai, Ponchaux Christian, Pongtep Viboonjuntra, Ponlapat Rojnuckarin, Prahlad Ho, Pramook Mutirangura, Rachel Wells, Rafael Martinez, Raimundo Tirado Miranda, Ralf Kroening, Rapule Ratsela, Raquel Lopez Reyes, Raul Franco Diaz de Leon, Raymond Siu Ming Wong, Raz Alikhan, Reinhold Jerwan-Keim, Remedios Otero, Renate Murena-Schmidt, Reto Canevascini, Richard Ferkl, Richard White, Rika Van Herreweghe, Rita Santoro, Robert Klamroth, Robert Mendes, Robert Prosecky, Roberto Cappelli, Rudolf Spacek, Rupesh Singh, Sam Griffin, Sang Hoon Na, Sanjeev Chunilal, Saskia Middeldorp, Satoshi Nakazawa, See Guan Toh, Seinturier Christophe, Selim Isbir, Selma Raymundo, Seng Kiat Ting, Serge Motte, Serir Ozkan Aktogu, Servaas Donders, Seung Ick Cha, Seung-Hyun Nam, Sevestre-Pietri Marie-Antoinette, Shaun Maasdorp, Shenghua Sun, Shenming Wang, Sherif Mohamed Essameldin, Sherif Mohamed Sholkamy, Shintaro Kuki, Shuichi Yoshida, Shunzo Matsuoka, Simon McRae, Simon Watt, Siriwimon Patanasing, Siwe-Nana Jean-Léopold, Somchai Wongkhantee, Soo-Mee Bang, Sophie Testa, Stanislav Zemek, Steffen Behrens, Stephan Dominique, Stuart Mellor, Suaran Singh Gurcharan Singh, Sudip Datta, Sunee Chayangsu, Susan Solymoss, Tamara Everington, Tarek Ahmed Adel Abdel-Azim, Tawatchai Suwanban, Taylan Adademir, Terence Hart, Terriat Béatrice, Thifhelimbilu Luvhengo, Thomas Horacek, Thomas Zeller, Tim Boussy, Tim Reynolds, Tina Biss, Ting-Hsing Chao, Tomas Smith Casabella, Tomoya Onodera, Tontanai Numbenjapon, Victor Gerdes, Vladimir Cech, Vladimir Krasavin, Vladimir Tolstikhin, W.A. Bax, Wagih Fawzy Abdel Malek, Wai Khoon Ho, Walter Pharr, Weihong Jiang, Wei-Hsiang Lin, Weihua Zhang, Wei-Kung Tseng, Wen-Ter Lai, Wilfried De Backer, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Winston Yoshida, Wolfgang Korte, Won Il Choi, Yang-Ki Kim, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yasushi Ohnuma, Yeung-Chul Mun, Yohan Balthazar, Yong Park, Yoshisato Shibata, Yuriy Burov, Yuriy Subbotin, Zdenek Coufal, Zhenwen Yang, Zhicheng Jing, Zhongqi Yang, Pulmonary Medicine, Clinical Genetics, Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine, ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, VU University medical center, Interne Geneeskunde, MUMC+: MA Alg Interne Geneeskunde (9), and RS: Carim - B04 Clinical thrombosis and Haemostasis

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History, Anticoagulation, Registry, Polymers and Plastics, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Deep vein thrombosis, Pulmonary embolism, Hematology, Business and International Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Venous thromboembolism
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BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism (VTE), encompassing both deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. METHODS: GARFIELD-VTE is a prospective, non-interventional observational study of real-world treatment practices. We aimed to capture the 36-month clinical outcomes of 10,679 patients with objectively confirmed VTE enrolled between May 2014 and January 2017 from 415 sites in 28 countries. FINDINGS: A total of 6582 (61.6 %) patients had DVT alone, 4097 (38.4 %) had PE ± DVT. At baseline, 98.1 % of patients received anticoagulation (AC) with or without other modalities of therapy. The proportion of patients on AC therapy decreased over time: 87.6 % at 3 months, 73.0 % at 6 months, 54.2 % at 12 months and 42.0 % at 36 months. At 12-months follow-up, the incidences (95 % confidence interval [CI]) of all-cause mortality, recurrent VTE and major bleeding were 6.5 (7.0-8.1), 5.4 (4.9-5.9) and 2.7 (2.4-3.0) per 100 person-years, respectively. At 36-months, these decreased to 4.4 (4.2-4.7), 3.5 (3.2-2.7) and 1.4 (1.3-1.6) per 100 person-years, respectively. Over 36-months, the rate of all-cause mortality and major bleeds were highest in patients treated with parenteral therapy (PAR) versus oral anti-coagulants (OAC) and no OAC, and the rate of recurrent VTE was highest in patients on no OAC versus those on PAR and OAC. The most frequent cause of death after 36-month follow-up was cancer (n = 565, 48.6 %), followed by cardiac (n = 94, 8.1 %), and VTE (n = 38, 3.2 %). Most recurrent VTE events were DVT alone (n = 564, 63.3 %), with the remainder PE, (n = 236, 27.3 %), or PE in combination with DVT (n = 63, 7.3 %). INTERPRETATION: GARFIELD-VTE provides a global perspective of anticoagulation patterns and highlights the accumulation of events within the first 12 months after diagnosis. These findings may help identify treatment gaps for subsequent interventions to improve patient outcomes in this patient population. ispartof: THROMBOSIS RESEARCH vol:222 pages:31-39 ispartof: location:United States status: published

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2023
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5. Ticagrelor in patients with diabetes and stable coronary artery disease with a history of previous percutaneous coronary intervention (THEMIS-PCI): a phase 3, placebo-controlled, randomised trial

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Deepak L Bhatt, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Shamir R Mehta, Lawrence A Leiter, Tabassome Simon, Kim Fox, Claes Held, Marielle Andersson, Anders Himmelmann, Wilhelm Ridderstråle, Jersey Chen, Yang Song, Rafael Diaz, Shinya Goto, Stefan K James, Kausik K Ray, Alexander N Parkhomenko, Mikhail N Kosiborod, Darren K McGuire, Robert A Harrington, Vladimir Santos, Ashit Jain, Irina Lendel, Michael Russo, W H Haught, Manuel Bouza, Harinder Gogia, Supratim Banerjee, George Kichura, Louis Kantaros, Francisco Padron, Rakesh Passi, Jay Stone, Michael Pursley, Michael D'Urso, Timothy Gardner, James Bennett, Khaled Nour, Satinder Saini, Wenwu Zhang, Dharam Kumbhani, Dustin Thomas, Dominick Angiolillo, Barry Bertolet, Amaury Roman-Miranda, Robert Black, Ramin Manshadi, Carlos Vaca, Antonio Blanco, Mark Napoli, David Brabham, Ayim Akyea-Djamson, Pratik Desai, Sudhir Prasada, Ajit Khaira, Leslie Forgosh, Ira Lieber, Guillermo Umpierrez, Dinesh Singal, Juan Londono, Neil Fraser, Jose Ruiz, Damaris Vega, Lilia Rodriguez, Christopher Brown, Faizullah Syed, Guarav Aggarwala, William Eaves, Michael Foster, Dinesh Gupta, David Avino, Wail Asfour, Glen Tonnessen, Xue-Qiao Zhao, Narendra Singh, Andrew Brockmyre, Norman Lepor, Nicolas Shammas, David Blick, Steven Hearne, John Prodafikas, Edgar Carell, Mark Izzo, Amin Karim, Bosh Zakhary, Mahmoud Atieh, Steven Leichter, Charles Meadows, David Hotchkiss, Mazen Abu-Fadel, Alan Wiseman, Jeffrey Bander, Mahesh Shah, Subhash Banerjee, Ricky Ganim, Karen Sopko, Misal Khan, Ramon Lloret, Troy Weirick, Rajendra Mehta, Udho Thadani, Anuj Bhargava, Mikhail Kosiborod, Jaynier Moya, Cezar Staniloae, Yamirka D Guerra, Anil Chhabra, Douglas Kosmicki, Wassim Shaheen, Akber Mohammed, J'Cinda Bitters, Jan Pattanayak, Julian Javier, Sunny Srivastava, Roland Phillips, Jessie Al-Amin, Michael Lillestol, Patrick Simpson, Lydie Hazan, Amit Amin, Gopi Shah, Denes Korpas, Bruce Platt, Jim Dickert, Orlando Puente, Louis Hiotis, Timothy Doyle, Raj Rajan, Alan Meholick, Christian Gring, Elie Hage-Korban, Robert Feldman, Harry Colfer, Samuel Butman, Malcolm Foster, Terence Hart, Randall Huling, Shervin Eshaghian, Ofsman Quintana, Deanna Cheung, Franklin Handel, Mara Rodriguez, David Suh, Paul Gordon, Gregg Pressman, Michael Bauer, William French, Mark Barettella, Sridhar Chatrathi, Damodhar Suresh, Ronald Goldberg, Mark Huth, Liwa Younis, Aref Rahman, Richard Mascolo, Michelle Welch, Randeep Suneja, Stephen Smith, Scott Shurmur, John Agaiby, Ahmad Jingo, Janice Johnston, Mary Beth, Anthony Vlastaris, Susan Kemp, Hamid Taheri, Edward Pereira, Michael Deyoung, Zafir Hawa, Ray Smith, Thomas Galski, Samer Garas, M Reddy, Susheel Sharma, Joeseph Hargrove, Charles Treasure, Ronald Emerson, Tariq Haddad, Kathryn Rohr, Larry Levinson, Raul Gaona, Barry Uretsky, Hiralal Maheshwari, Denny Lee, Stephanie Kinnaman, Robert Singal, Jeffrey Geohas, Osvaldo Gigliotti, Ajit Raisinghani, Charanjit Khurana, Brent Hella, Michael Kelberman, Steven Voyce, Sanjay Singh, Eric Lo, Pradeep Singh, Ross Goodfellow, Stuart Fischer, Richard Lorraine, Traci Turner, Jeffrey Shanes, Robert Busch, Robert Broker, Michelle Zaniewski, Kevin Pounds, Giselle Debs-Perez, Stephen Ong, Brad Frandsen, Douglas Fullington, Naseem Jaffrani, Ahtaram Khan, Marcus Lee, Joe Pouzar, George Revtyak, Julian Gonzalez, Samer Nakhle, Abel Murillo, Douglas Young, Sashi Makam, Mushtaq Syed, Kevin Woolf, Paul Grena, Sarab Alfata, Sharan Mahal, David Hoffman, Tinoy Kizhakekuttu, Joseph Deering, Janak Bhavsar, Scott Mikesell, William Wilson, Vance Wilson, Salah El, Francis Spinale, Vinod Kannarkat, Sunder Rao, Lenita Hanson, John Bertsch, Elena Gonzalez-Ortiz, Norma Severino, John Willis, Joel Schock, Ladan Bakhtari, Raul Gazmuri, Saadat Ansari, Jason Hall, Arvind Mehta, Neal Shealy, Stuart Zarich, Deovrat Singh, Kishor Vora, Nabil Andrawis, Darron Molter, David Maron, Jose Cardona, Ronald D'Agostino, Tamjeed Arshad, Rodney Samaan, David Jones, Dale Presser, John Heath, Sandy Green, George Bittar, Sheldon Henry, David Korn, John Schmedtje, Venkatesh Nadar, Bruce Graham, Ajay Labroo, Leonardo Clavijo, Hal Roseman, Gilbert Ledesma, Robert Rosen, Isaac Dor, William Kirby, Jennefer Sutton, Frank Eder, Bruce Iteld, Jose Gomez-Cortes, Maurice Buchbinder, Joseph Kasper, Antonio Terrelonge, Gustavo Torres, Ted Jagielo, Jose Alvarez, Yehuda Handelsman, Mario Guillen, Randall Richwine, Lorena Lewy-Alterbaum, Clinton Corder, Moogali Arvind, David Bolshoun, Magdy Mikhail, Stephen Minton, Odilon Alvarado, J Abbott, Brett Cauthen, Ryan Welter, Randy Mintz, John Cox, Annette Quick, Melvin Weiss, Johnny Dy, James Zebrack, Glenn Gandelman, Vinayak Hegde, Marc Silver, Michele DeGregorio, William Lawson, Christopher Paa, Anna Bortnick, Merrill Krolick, Rodolfo Sotolongo, Jorge Cheirif, Priya Kumar, Preetham Jetty, Ambar Patel, Mariusz Kruk, Iwona Kobielusz-Gembala, Barbara Rewerska, Adam Madrzejewski, Krzysztof Milewski, Jerzy Cygler, Joanna Petryka-Mazurkiewicz, Waldemar Jastrzebski, Janusz Korecki, Wojciech Fil, Janusz Prokopczuk, Anna Bochenek, Marek Wujkowski, Robert Witek, Piotr Konczakowski, Pawel Miekus, Marcin Szczasny, Wlodzimierz Musial, Krzysztof Cymerman, Jacek Lampart, Jacek Mikosinski, Slawomir Szynal, Issa Fares, Grzegorz Opolski, Stanislaw Mazur, Beata Wozakowska-Kaplon, Renata Bijata-Bronisz, Lukasz Wierucki, Beata Losa, Grzegorz Drelich, Marek Konieczny, Pawel Starczewski, Lidia Pawlowicz, Pawel Jesionowski, Jaroslaw Jurowiecki, Jacek Gniot, Mariusz Czyzycki, Karol Stania, Izabela Kucharczyk-Bauman, Benita Busz-Papiez, Agnieszka Karczmarczyk, Wanda Sudnik, Alina Koszek, Piotr Kolodziej, Bartosz Skwarna, Nicolás Jaramillo, Maciej Jankowski, Wojciech Czochra, Leszek Kinasz, Beata Miklaszewicz, Teresa Stasinska, Wladyslaw Pluta, Marcin Basiak, Teresa Rusicka, Izabela Niedbal-Yahfouf, Grazyna Popenda, Romuald Korzeniak, Agnieszka Mirek, Rafal Mariankowski, Lukasz Wojnowski, Marek Korol, Jacek Baszak, Piotr Podolec, Wojciech Piesiewicz, Aleksander 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Marina Ballyuzek, Nikolay Tarasov, Elena Demchenko, Olga Barbarash, Valentin Moiseev, Valentin Markov, Vadim Kuznetsov, Inna Viktorova, Igor Sergienko, Lyudmila Ermoshkina, Niyaz Khasanov, Tatiana Khlevchuk, Andrey Baglikov, Sergey Shalaev, Elena Zonova, Elena Reznik, Larisa Haisheva, Tatyana Morugova, Nikita Lomakin, Alexander Vishnevsky, Yuri Shvarts, Olga Magnitskaya, Marina Mikhailusova, Elena Pavlysh, Igor Libov, Anna Zateyschikova, Victor Kostenko, Anton Edin, Yaroslava Khovaeva, Konstantin Zakharov, Raisa Stryuk, Vladimir Khirmanov, Sergey Kanorskiy, Sergey Yakushin, Anna Barabashkina, Hongwei Li, Qiang Zhao, Jian Zhang, Jianhua Ma, Yong He, Ming Luo, Aidong Zhang, Ningru Zhang, Yingru Chai, Genshan Ma, Hao Wang, Zhigang Liu, Lanjie He, Zhifang Song, Xiaolin Dong, Liang Tao, Zhanquan Li, Xi Su, Xiangqing Kong, Heping Niu, Junbo Ge, Zhurong Luo, Wenjun Huang, Daoquan Peng, Zuyi Yuan, Maria Milanova, Doncho Tenev, Antoni Gogov, Dimitar Karageorgiev, Todor Kolchev, Nikolay Rusev, 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Leonsson-Zachrisson, M, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de pharmacologie - Dosage de médicaments [CHU Saint-Antoine], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU), and Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust-Imperial College London

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Male, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/therapeutic use, THEMIS Steering Committee and Investigators, medicine.medical_treatment, Vascular damage Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 16], 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Coronary Angiography, Stroke/epidemiology, Coronary artery disease, DOUBLE-BLIND, 0302 clinical medicine, Hemorrhage/chemically induced, acetylsalicylic acid, antidiabetic agent, placebo, ticagrelor, Secondary Prevention, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Coronary Artery Bypass, Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, OUTCOMES, Aspirin, [SDV.MHEP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Clopidogrel, 3. Good health, Ticagrelor/therapeutic use, DRUG-ELUTING STENTS, CLOPIDOGREL, Cardiology, PLATELET INHIBITION, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Ticagrelor, TIMI, medicine.drug, Coronary Artery Disease/complications, medicine.medical_specialty, Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use, POOLED ANALYSIS, 03 medical and health sciences, Medicine, General & Internal, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Double-Blind Method, General & Internal Medicine, Internal medicine, Myocardial Infarction/epidemiology, Humans, Aged, Science & Technology, ANTIPLATELET THERAPY, business.industry, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications, ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, RIVAROXABAN, Percutaneous coronary intervention, medicine.disease, ASPIRIN, Coronary Stenosis/diagnostic imaging, Aspirin/therapeutic use, Conventional PCI, business, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
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Contains fulltext : 215333.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) BACKGROUND: Patients with stable coronary artery disease and diabetes with previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), particularly those with previous stenting, are at high risk of ischaemic events. These patients are generally treated with aspirin. In this trial, we aimed to investigate if these patients would benefit from treatment with aspirin plus ticagrelor. METHODS: The Effect of Ticagrelor on Health Outcomes in diabEtes Mellitus patients Intervention Study (THEMIS) was a phase 3 randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial, done in 1315 sites in 42 countries. Patients were eligible if 50 years or older, with type 2 diabetes, receiving anti-hyperglycaemic drugs for at least 6 months, with stable coronary artery disease, and one of three other mutually non-exclusive criteria: a history of previous PCI or of coronary artery bypass grafting, or documentation of angiographic stenosis of 50% or more in at least one coronary artery. Eligible patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to either ticagrelor or placebo, by use of an interactive voice-response or web-response system. The THEMIS-PCI trial comprised a prespecified subgroup of patients with previous PCI. The primary efficacy outcome was a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke (measured in the intention-to-treat population). FINDINGS: Between Feb 17, 2014, and May 24, 2016, 11 154 patients (58% of the overall THEMIS trial) with a history of previous PCI were enrolled in the THEMIS-PCI trial. Median follow-up was 3.3 years (IQR 2.8-3.8). In the previous PCI group, fewer patients receiving ticagrelor had a primary efficacy outcome event than in the placebo group (404 [7.3%] of 5558 vs 480 [8.6%] of 5596; HR 0.85 [95% CI 0.74-0.97], p=0.013). The same effect was not observed in patients without PCI (p=0.76, pinteraction=0.16). The proportion of patients with cardiovascular death was similar in both treatment groups (174 [3.1%] with ticagrelor vs 183 (3.3%) with placebo; HR 0.96 [95% CI 0.78-1.18], p=0.68), as well as all-cause death (282 [5.1%] vs 323 [5.8%]; 0.88 [0.75-1.03], p=0.11). TIMI major bleeding occurred in 111 (2.0%) of 5536 patients receiving ticagrelor and 62 (1.1%) of 5564 patients receiving placebo (HR 2.03 [95% CI 1.48-2.76], p

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Sylvia Haas, Walter Ageno, Jeffrey I. Weitz, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Alexander G.G. Turpie, Shinya Goto, Pantep Angchaisuksiri, Joern Dalsgaard Nielsen, Gloria Kayani, Audrey Zaghdoun, Alfredo E. Farjat, Sebastian Schellong, Henri Bounameaux, Lorenzo G. Mantovani, Paolo Prandoni, Ajay K. Kakkar, Ab Loualidi, Abdurrahim Colak, Abraham Bezuidenhout, Abu Abdool‐Carrim, Addala Azeddine, Adriaan Beyers, Adriaan Dees, Ahmed Mohamed, Ahmet Aksoy, Akihiko Abiko, Akinori Watanabe, Alan Krichell, Alberto Alfredo Fernandez, Alberto Tosetto, Alexey Khotuntsov, Alisha Oropallo, Alison Slocombe, Allan Kelly, Amanda Clark, Amr Gad, Amy Arouni, Andor Schmidt, Andrea Berni, Andres Javier Kleiban, Andrew Machowski, Andrey Kazakov, Angel Galvez, Ann Lockman, Anna Falanga, Anoop Chauhan, Antoni Riera‐Mestre, Antonino Mazzone, Armando D'Angelo, Artur Herdy, Atsushi Kato, Ayman Abd Elhamid Ebrahim, Mahmoud Salem, Azlan Husin, Barbara Erdelyi, Barry Jacobson, Beatrice Amann‐Vesti, Bektas Battaloglu, Benedicte Wilson, Benilde Cosmi, Bergmann Jean Francois, Berremeli Toufek, Beverley Hunt, Bhavesh Natha, Bisher Mustafa, Bonnie Chi Shan Kho, Boulon Carine, Brian Zidel, Brisot Dominique, Brousse Christophe, Bruno Trimarco, Canhua Luo, Carlos Alberto Cuneo, Carlos Jerjes Sanchez Diaz, Carsten Schwencke, Cas Cader, Celal Yavuz, Cesar Javier Zaidman, Charles Lunn, Chau‐Chung Wu, Cheng Hock Toh, Chern‐En Chiang, Chevrier Elisa, Chien‐Hsun Hsia, Chien‐Lung Huang, Chi‐Hang Kevin Kwok, Chih‐Cheng Wu, Chi‐Hung Huang, Chris Ward, Christian Opitz, Christina Jeanneret‐Gris, Chung Yin Ha, Chun‐Yao Huang, Claude Luyeye Bidi, Clifford Smith, Cornelia Brauer, Corrado Lodigiani, Couturaud Francis, Cynthia Wu, Daniel Staub, Daniel Theodoro, Daniela Poli, Riesco Acevedo, David Adler, David Jimenez, David Keeling, David Scott, Davide Imberti, Desmond Creagh, Desmurs‐Clavel Helene, Dirk Hagemann, Dirk Le Roux, Dirk Skowasch, Dmitry Belenky, Dmitry Dorokhov, Dmitry Petrov, Dmitry Zateyshchikov, Domenico Prisco, Dorthe Møller, Dusan Kucera, Ehab M. Esheiba, Elizaveta Panchenko, Elkouri Dominique, Emre Dogan, Emre Kubat, Enrique Diaz Diaz, Eric Wai Choi Tse, Erik Yeo, Erman Hashas, Ernst Grochenig, Eros Tiraferri, Erwin Blessing, Escande Orthlieb Michèle, Esther Usandizaga, Ettore Porreca, Fabian Ferroni, Falvo Nicolas, Félix Ayala‐Paredes, Firas Koura, Fitjerald Henry, Franco Cosmi, Frans Erdkamp, Gadel Kamalov, Garcia‐Bragado Dalmau, Garrigues Damien, Garry Klein, Gaurand Shah, Geert Hollanders, Geno Merli, Georg Plassmann, George Platt, Germain Poirier, German Sokurenko, Ghassan Haddad, Gholam Ali, Giancarlo Agnelli, Gin Gin Gan, Grace Kaye‐Eddie, Gregoire Le Gal, Gregory Allen, Guillermo Antonio Llamas Esperón, Guillot Jean‐Paul, Hagen Gerofke, Hallah Elali, Hana Burianova, Hans‐Juergen Ohler, Haofu Wang, Harald Darius, Harinder S. Gogia, Harry Striekwold, Harry Gibbs, Hatice Hasanoglu, Hatice Turker, Hendrik Franow, Herbert De Raedt, Herman Schroe, Hesham Salah ElDin, Hesham Zidan, Hiroaki Nakamura, Ho Young Kim, Holger Lawall, Hong Zhu, Hongyan Tian, Ho‐Young Yhim, Hugo ten Cate, Hun Gyu Hwang, Hyeok Shim, Igor Kim, Igor Libov, Igor Sonkin, Igor Suchkov, Ik‐Chan Song, Ilker Kiris, Ilya Staroverov, Irene Looi, Isabel M De La Azuela Tenorio, Ismail Savas, Ivan Gordeev, Ivo Podpera, Jae Hoon Lee, Jameela Sathar, James Welker, Jan Beyer‐Westendorf, Jan Kvasnicka, Jan Vanwelden, JangYong Kim, Jaromira Svobodova, Jaspal Gujral, Javier Marino, Javier Tristan Galvar, Jeannine Kassis, Jen‐Yuan Kuo, Jhih‐Yuan Shih, JiHyun Kwon, Jin Hyun Joh, Jin Hyun Park, Jin Seok Kim, Jinghua Yang, Jiri Krupicka, Jiri Lastuvka, Jiri Pumprla, Jiri Vesely, Joan Carlos Souto, João Antônio Correa, Johan Duchateau, John Perry Fletcher, Jorge del Toro, Jorge Guillermo Chavez Paez, Jose Dalmo Araujo Filho, Jose Saraiva, Jose Antonio Diaz Peromingo, Jose Gomez Lara, Jose Luis Fedele, Jose Maria Surinach, Joseph Chacko, Juan Antonio Muntaner, Juan Carlos Álvarez Benitez, Juan Moreno Hoyos Abril, Julian Humphrey, Julio Bono, Junji Kanda, Juree Boondumrongsagoon, Kai Hang Yiu, Kanchana Chansung, Karin Boomars, Kate Burbury, Katsuhiro Kondo, Kemal Karaarslan, Kensuke Takeuchi, Knut Kroeger, Konstantin Zrazhevskiy, Koscál Svatopluk, Kou‐Gi Shyu, Kristel Vandenbosch, Kuan‐Cheng Chang, Kuan‐Ming Chiu, Kubina Jean‐Manuel, Kwan Jing Wern, Kwo‐Chang Ueng, Lalita Norasetthada, Laure Binet, Lee Ping Chew, Lei Zhang, Leone Maria Cristina, Lidwine Tick, Lilia Beatriz Schiavi, Lily Lee Lee Wong, Lohana Borges, Louis Botha, Luc Capiau, Luc Timmermans, Luciano Eduardo López, Luigi Ria, Luis Manuel Hernandez Blasco, Luis Alberto Guzman, Luis Flota Cervera, Mahe Isabelle, Manuel Monreal Bosch, Manuel de los Rios Ibarra, Manuel Núñez Fernandez, Marc Carrier, Marcelo Raul Barrionuevo, Marco Antonio Alcocer Gamba, Marco Cattaneo, Marco Moia, Margaret Bowers, Mariam Chetanachan, Mario Alberto Berli, Mark Fixley, Markus Faghih, Markus Stuecker, Marlin Schul, Martin Banyai, Martin Koretzky, Martin Myriam, Mary Elizabeth Gaffney, Masao Hirano, Masashi Kanemoto, Mashio Nakamura, Mersel Tahar, Messas Emmanuel, Michael Kovacs, Michael Leahy, Michael Levy, Michael Munch, Michael Olsen, Michel De Pauw, Michel Gustin, Michiel Van Betsbrugge, Mikhail Boyarkin, Miroslav Homza, Modise Koto, Mohamed Abdool‐Gaffar, Mohamed Ayman Fakhry Nagib, Mohamed El‐Dessoki, Mohamed Khan, Monniaty Mohamed, Moo Hyun Kim, Moon‐Hee Lee, Mosaad Soliman, Mostafa Shawky Ahmed, Mostafa Soliman Abd el Bary, Moustafa A. Moustafa, Muhammad Hameed, Muhip Kanko, Mujibur Majumder, Nadezhda Zubareva, Nicola Mumoli, Nik Azim Nik Abdullah, Nisa Makruasi, Nishen Paruk, Nonglak Kanitsap, Norberto Duda, Nordiana Nordin, Ole Nyvad, Olga Barbarash, Orcun Gurbuz, Oscar Gomez Vilamajo, Oscar Nandayapa Flores, Ozcan Gur, Oztekin Oto, Pablo Javier Marchena, Patrick Carroll, Pavel Lang, Peter MacCallum, Peter Baron von Bilderling, Peter Blombery, Peter Verhamme, Petr Jansky, Peuch Bernadette, Philippe De Vleeschauwer, Philippe Hainaut, Piera Maria Ferrini, Piriyaporn Iamsai, Ponchaux Christian, Pongtep Viboonjuntra, Ponlapat Rojnuckarin, Prahlad Ho, Pramook Mutirangura, Rachel Wells, Rafael Martinez, Raimundo Tirado Miranda, Ralf Kroening, Rapule Ratsela, Raquel Lopez Reyes, Raul Franco Diaz de Leon, Raymond Siu Ming Wong, Raz Alikhan, Reinhold Jerwan‐Keim, Remedios Otero, Renate Murena‐Schmidt, Reto Canevascini, Richard Ferkl, Richard White, Rika Van Herreweghe, Rita Santoro, Robert Klamroth, Robert Mendes, Robert Prosecky, Roberto Cappelli, Rudolf Spacek, Rupesh Singh, Sam Griffin, Sang Hoon Na, Sanjeev Chunilal, Saskia Middeldorp, Satoshi Nakazawa, See Guan Toh, Seinturier Christophe, Selim Isbir, Selma Raymundo, Seng Kiat Ting, Serge Motte, Serir Ozkan Aktogu, Servaas Donders, Seung Ick Cha, Seung‐Hyun Nam, Sevestre‐Pietri Marie‐Antoinette, Shaun Maasdorp, Shenghua Sun, Shenming Wang, Sherif Mohamed Essameldin, Sherif Mohamed Sholkamy, Shintaro Kuki, Shuichi Yoshida, Shunzo Matsuoka, Simon McRae, Simon Watt, Siriwimon Patanasing, Siwe‐Nana Jean‐Léopold, Somchai Wongkhantee, Soo‐Mee Bang, Sophie Testa, Stanislav Zemek, Steffen Behrens, Stephan Dominique, Stuart Mellor, Suaran Singh Gurcharan Singh, Sudip Datta, Sunee Chayangsu, Susan Solymoss, Tamara Everington, Tarek Ahmed Adel Abdel‐Azim, Tawatchai Suwanban, Taylan Adademir, Terence Hart, Terriat Béatrice, Thifhelimbilu Luvhengo, Thomas Horacek, Thomas Zeller, Tim Boussy, Tim Reynolds, Tina Biss, Ting‐Hsing Chao, Tomas Smith Casabella, Tomoya Onodera, Tontanai Numbenjapon, Victor Gerdes, Vladimir Cech, Vladimir Krasavin, Vladimir Tolstikhin, W.A. Bax, Wagih Fawzy Abdel Malek, Wai Khoon Ho, Walter Pharr, Weihong Jiang, Wei‐Hsiang Lin, Weihua Zhang, Wei‐Kung Tseng, Wen‐Ter Lai, Wilfried De Backer, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Winston Yoshida, Wolfgang Korte, Won II Choi, Yang‐Ki Kim, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yasushi Ohnuma, Yeung‐Chul Mun, Yohan Balthazar, Yong Park, Yoshisato Shibata, Yuriy Burov, Yuriy Subbotin, Zdenek Coufal, Zhenwen Yang, Zhicheng Jing, Zhongqi Yang, Haas, S, Ageno, W, Weitz, J, Goldhaber, S, Turpie, A, Goto, S, Angchaisuksiri, P, Dalsgaard Nielsen, J, Kayani, G, Zaghdoun, A, Farjat, A, Schellong, S, Bounameaux, H, Mantovani, L, Prandoni, P, and Kakkar, A

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Male, pulmonary embolism, Time Factors, Deep vein, direct oral anticoagulant, Practice Patterns, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, heparin, Direct oral anticoagulants, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Deep vein thrombosis, 80 and over, Registries, Practice Patterns, Physicians', ddc:616, Aged, 80 and over, Venous Thrombosis, Anticoagulant, Hematology, Heparin, Middle Aged, Thrombosis, Pulmonary embolism, medicine.anatomical_structure, Treatment Outcome, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Female, Guideline Adherence, medicine.drug, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.drug_class, venous thromboembolism, direct oral anticoagulants, deep vein thrombosis, Aged, Anticoagulants, Blood Coagulation, Drug Utilization, Healthcare Disparities, Humans, Pulmonary Embolism, Venous Thromboembolism, 03 medical and health sciences, Thromboembolism, Internal medicine, medicine, In patient, cardiovascular diseases, Rivaroxaban, Physicians', business.industry, deep vein thrombosi, deep vein thrombosis, direct oral anticoagulants, heparin, pulmonary embolism, venous thromboembolism, equipment and supplies, Venous, medicine.disease, business, Venous thromboembolism
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Background Parenteral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) have constituted the cornerstone of venous thromboembolism (VTE) treatment. Meanwhile, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) provide physicians with an alternative. The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD (GARFIELD)-VTE observes real-world treatment practices. Objectives Describe initial anticoagulation (AC) treatment patterns in VTE patients who received parenteral AC, VKAs, and/or DOACs within ±30 days of diagnosis. Methods VTE patients were categorized into parenteral AC only, parenteral AC with transition to VKA, VKA only, parenteral AC with transition to DOAC, and DOAC only. Results A total of 9647 patients were initiated on AC treatment alone. 4781 (49.6%) patients received DOACs ± parenteral ACs; 3187 (33.0%), VKA ± parenteral ACs; and 1679 (17.4%) parenteral ACs alone. Rivaroxaban was the most frequently used DOAC (79.4%). DOACs were more frequently used in North America/Australia (58.1%), Europe (52.2%), and Asia (47.6%) than in Latin America (29.7%) and the Middle East/South Africa (32.5%). In patients with suspected VTE, most received parenteral AC monotherapy (67.7%). Patients with deep vein thrombosis were more likely to receive DOACs alone than those with pulmonary embolism with or without deep vein thrombosis (36.2% vs 25.9%). Active cancer patients received parenteral AC alone (58.9%), with 25.5% receiving DOAC ± parenteral AC and 12.8% parenteral AC and VKA. A total of 46.5% of pregnant patients received parenteral AC monotherapy, 34.0% were treated with VKA ± parenteral AC, and 19.5% received a DOAC (± parenteral AC). Conclusion AC treatment patterns vary by patient population, geographic region and site of VTE. Guidelines for AC therapy are not always adhered to.

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2019

7. Using oxidized low-density lipoprotein autoantibodies to predict restenosis after balloon angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction

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Chia Chu Chang, Chin San Liu, Ching Shan Huang, Po Ta Yang, Chen Dao Tsai, Ching Hui Huang, Chien Hsun Hsia, Ching Pei Chen, Chih-Sheng Lin, Lee Shin Lin, Chen Ling Kuo, Yung Ming Chang, Chih Chung Feng, and Hung Te Chen

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Male, Risk, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Myocardial Infarction, lcsh:Medicine, Coronary Restenosis, Restenosis, Internal medicine, Angioplasty, medicine, Humans, Myocardial infarction, cardiovascular diseases, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, lcsh:Science, Autoantibodies, Multidisciplinary, Framingham Risk Score, business.industry, lcsh:R, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Prognosis, Lipoproteins, LDL, Radiography, Stenosis, Acute Disease, Cardiology, Linear Models, Myocardial infarction complications, Female, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), lcsh:Q, business, TIMI, Lipoprotein, Research Article
Abstract

Objectives Oxidized low-density lipoproteins (oxLDL) and oxidized low-density lipoprotein autoantibodies (OLAB) have been detected in human plasma and atherosclerotic lesions. OLAB appear to play a role in the clearance of oxLDL from circulation. Higher levels of OLAB appear to be associated with a reduced risk of a wide range of cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the prognostic value of plasma oxLDL and OLAB in patients undergoing primary coronary balloon angioplasty for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods Plasma oxLDL and OLAB concentrations were measured in 56 patients with acute STEMI before primary angioplasty, and then 3 days, 7 days and 1 month after the acute event. Follow-up angiography was repeated 6 months later to detect the presence of restensosis (defined as >50% luminal diameter stenosis). The thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) risk score was calculated to determine the relationship between OLAB/oxLDL ratio and TIMI risk scores. Results Of the 56 patients, 18 (31%) had angiographic evidence of restenosis. Plasma OLAB concentrations were significantly lower in the restenosis group before angioplasty (181±114 vs. 335±257 U/L, p = 0.003), and at day 3 (155±92 vs. 277±185 U/L, p

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2013

8. Genetic copy number variants in myocardial infarction patients with hyperlipidemia.

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Wei-Chung Shia, Tien-Hsiung Ku, Yu-Ming Tsao, Chien-Hsun Hsia, Yung-Ming Chang, Ching-Hui Huang, Yeh-Ching Chung, Shih-Lan Hsu, Kae-Woei Liang, and Fang-Rong Hsu

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CARDIOVASCULAR diseases, MYOCARDIAL infarction, HEART diseases, HYPERLIPIDEMIA, BIOMARKERS
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Background: Cardiovascular disease is the chief cause of death in Taiwan and many countries, of which myocardial infarction (MI) is the most serious condition. Hyperlipidemia appears to be a significant cause of myocardial infarction, because it causes atherosclerosis directly. In recent years, copy number variation (CNV) has been analyzed in genomewide association studies of complex diseases. In this study, CNV was analyzed in blood samples and SNP arrays from 31 myocardial infarction patients with hyperlipidemia. Results: We identified seven CNV regions that were associated significantly with hyperlipidemia and myocardial infarction in our patients through multistage analysis (P<0.001), at 1p21.3, 1q31.2 (CDC73), 1q42.2 (DISC1), 3p21.31 (CDCP1), 10q11.21 (RET) 12p12.3 (PIK3C2G) and 16q23.3 (CDH13), respectively. In particular, the CNV region at 10q11.21 was examined by quantitative real-time PCR, the results of which were consistent with microarray findings. Conclusions: Our preliminary results constitute an alternative method of evaluating the relationship between CNV regions and cardiovascular disease. These susceptibility CNV regions may be used as biomarkers for early-stage diagnosis of hyperlipidemia and myocardial infarction, rendering them valuable for further research and discussion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2011
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9. Performance of Thallium-201 Electrocardiography-gated Myocardial Perfusion Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography to Assess Left Ventricular Function

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Po-Ta Yang, Chien-Hsun Hsia, Kuang-Tao Yang, and Guang-Uei Hung

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Adult, Diagnostic Imaging, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Gated SPECT, Heart Ventricles, chemistry.chemical_element, Hyperlipidemias, Single-photon emission computed tomography, Myocardial perfusion imaging, Electrocardiography, Internal medicine, medicine, Diabetes Mellitus, gated, Humans, echocardiography, ejection fraction, Aged, Medicine(all), Aged, 80 and over, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, lcsh:R5-920, Ejection fraction, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Reproducibility of Results, Stroke Volume, General Medicine, Stroke volume, Middle Aged, Thallium Radioisotopes, chemistry, thallium-201, SPECT, Hypertension, Cardiology, Thallium, Female, Nuclear medicine, business, lcsh:Medicine (General), Perfusion
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This study evaluated the performance of gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with thallium-201 (201Tl) in assessing left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), end-diastolic volume (EDV), and end-systolic volume (ESV) in Taiwanese by determining repeatability and correlation with two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography. A total of 18 patients underwent two sequential gated SPECT acquisitions within 30 minutes in the resting state to assess repeatability. Another 28 patients who underwent gated SPECT and 2D echocardiography within 7 days were included for comparison. The two sequential measurements were well correlated with respect to LVEF, EDV, and ESV (r = 0.97, 0.95, and 0.97, respectively, all p < 0.0001). Bland-Altman analysis revealed that two standard deviations of the absolute difference between the two sequential measurements for LVEF, EDV, and ESV were 6.4%, 16.8 mL, and 8.6 mL, respectively. For LVEF, EDV, and ESV, correlations between redistribution 201Tl-gated SPECT and echocardiography were also excellent (all r = 0.83, p < 0.0001). LVEF was similar with 201Tl-gated SPECT and echocardiography, but EDV and ESV were significantly higher with echocardiography (p < 0.05). Our study revealed that 201Tl-gated SPECT has high repeatability and excellent correlation with echocardiography for the assessment of LVEF and volumes in Taiwanese. These results support the clinical application of gated SPECT in routine 201Tl myocardial perfusion imaging in Taiwanese.

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