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CLINICAL OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION WITH BARE-METAL VERSUS DRUG-ELUTING STENTS: INSIGHTS FROM THE AFCAS REGISTRY

Authors :
Pasi P. Karjalainen
Gregory Lip
Fausto Biancari
Paulus Kirchhof
Wail Nammas
Tuomas Kiviniemi
Juhani Airaksinen
Axel Schlitt
Marja Puurunen
Andrea Rubboli
Source :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63:A1681
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2014.

Abstract

Current guidelines prefer the use of bare-metal stents (BMS) to drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) due to potentially increased risk of bleeding. We sought to explore the 12-month adverse event rates of patients

Details

ISSN :
07351097
Volume :
63
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7509046a6056140c918aaeecf1047b12
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(14)61684-3