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18043995

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
Anemia is associated with higher rates of cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Although studies have focused on fatal coronary events in anemic patients following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), data is lacking regarding nonfatal coronary events. The aim of our study was to analyze the incidence of anemia in patients who developed nonfatal events after successful PCI, and to make a comparison with event-free patients. Forty-nine consecutive patients with and 51 without nonfatal coronary events (nonfatal myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting, or repeat PCI) during the 1-year follow-up after the index PCI procedure were included in the study. Anemia was defined using World Health Organization (WHO) criteria as a hematocrit value at initial presentation <39% for men and <36% for women. Baseline hematocrit levels were measured before the procedure. Baseline clinical, lesion, and procedural characteristics were comparable in both groups. Anemia was present in 33.8% of men and 30.4% of women. The incidence of anemia in patients with nonfatal coronary events was 46.9% and 15.7% in the event-free group, which was significantly different (P = 0.001). Anemia was found to be an independent risk factor for nonfatal coronary events in PCI patients (odds ratio: 2.24, 95% confidence interval: 1.05-4.79; P = 0.036). In conclusion, anemia is an important risk factor for predicting nonfatal coronary events after PCI. Although previous studies have shown its impact on fatal events, this study has demonstrated that anemia also has a role in nonfatal thrombotic coronary events and restenosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0910-8327
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
383-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Impact of anemia on nonfatal coronary events after percutaneous coronary interventions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. alpburak.catakoglu@florence.com.tr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study