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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
The safety and efficacy of treating recently stented patients on combination antiplatelet therapy with warfarin for clinical indications in unknown. Therefore, we examined the use of warfarin in a population of patients with myocardial infarction (MI) treated with coronary stenting. We performed a retrospective analysis comparing patients who underwent successful coronary stenting for acute MI and were discharged on either warfarin and combination platelet therapy for clinical indications or combination antiplatelet therapy alone. There was a nonsignificant trend toward reinfarction at 6 and 12 months in warfarin-treated patients. Warfarin-treated patients had significantly higher rates of transfusion compared to nonwarfarin-treated patients at 12 months (21% vs 0%, P=0.028). There were no significant predictors of reinfarction in 6 and 12 months in multivariate analysis. These data demonstrate that warfarin anticoagulation, in combination with successful coronary stenting for acute MI and antiplatelet therapy, does not reduce risk of reinfarction but is associated with increased rates of transfusion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0896-4327
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
163-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Anticoagulants, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Coronary Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Myocardial Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Postoperative Period, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Safety, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Stents, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:15966919-Warfarin
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of safety of warfarin in combination with antiplatelet therapy for patients treated with coronary stents for acute myocardial infarction.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. smattichak@beaumont.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study