Post-Discharge Bleeding and Mortality Following Acute Coronary Syndromes With or Without PCI

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 162 - 171
• Main Authors: Marquis-Gravel, Guillaume, Dalgaard, Frederik, Jones, Aaron D., Lokhnygina, Yuliya, James, Stefan K., Harrington, Robert A., Wallentin, Lars, Steg, Philippe Gabriel, Lopes, Renato D., Storey, Robert F., Goodman, Shaun G., Mahaffey, Kenneth W., Tricoci, Pierluigi, White, Harvey D., Armstrong, Paul W., Ohman, E. Magnus, Alexander, John H., Roe, Matthew T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 14.07.2020
• Subjects: acute coronary syndrome; Acute Coronary Syndrome - therapy; Aged; bleeding; Canada - epidemiology; Cardiovascular; Female; Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Hemorrhage - etiology; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; mortality; Patient Discharge; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use; randomized trial; Survival Rate - trends; Treatment Outcome; United Kingdom - epidemiology; United States - epidemiology; Canada; United States; United Kingdom; ACS; percutaneous coronary intervention; acute coronary syndrome; bleeding; randomized trial; CI; PCI; mortality; HR; CABG; MI; DAPT; myocardial infarction; dual antiplatelet therapy; hazard ratio; confidence interval; acute coronary syndrome(s); coronary artery bypass grafting
• ISSN: 0735-1097; 1558-3597; 1558-3597
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.031

The long-term prognostic impact of post-discharge bleeding in the unique population of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treated without percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains unexplored. The aim of this study was to assess the association between post-discharge bleeding and subs...