Bleeding in acute coronary syndromes and percutaneous coronary interventions: position paper by the Working Group on Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology

• Published in: European heart journal Vol. 32; no. 15; pp. 1854 - 1864
• Main Authors: Steg, Philippe Gabriel, Huber, Kurt, Andreotti, Felicita, Arnesen, Harald, Atar, Dan, Badimon, Lina, Bassand, Jean-Pierre, De Caterina, Raffaele, Eikelboom, John A., Gulba, Dietrich, Hamon, Martial, Helft, Gérard, Fox, Keith A.A., Kristensen, Steen D., Rao, Sunil V., Verheugt, Freek W.A., Widimský, Petr, Zeymer, Uwe, Collet, Jean-Philippe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.08.2011
• Subjects: Acute Coronary Syndrome - complications; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - adverse effects; Anticoagulants - adverse effects; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Catheters, Indwelling - adverse effects; Coronary heart disease; Diseases of the cardiovascular system; Drug Dosage Calculations; Female; Fibrinolytic Agents - adverse effects; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - prevention & control; Heart; Hemorrhage - etiology; Hemorrhage - prevention & control; Hemorrhage - therapy; Humans; Kidney Diseases - complications; Male; Medical sciences; Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Prognosis; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Thrombosis - prevention & control; Transfusion Reaction; Europe; Myocardial infarction; Unstable angina; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Haemorrhage; Acute coronary syndromes; Thrombosis; Bleeding; Angioplasty; Cardiovascular disease; Myocardial disease; Hemorrhage; Stent; Percutaneous route; Vascular disease; Cardiology; Atherectomy; Position; Coronary artery; Instrumentation therapy; European; Coronary heart disease; Paper; Circulatory system; Society; Acute coronary syndrome; Variant angina
• ISSN: 0195-668X; 1522-9645; 1522-9645
• DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr204

Bleeding has recently emerged as an important outcome in the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), which is relatively frequent compared with ischaemic outcomes and has important implications in terms of prognosis, outcomes, and costs. In particular, there is evidence that patients experienc...