Incidence of dual antiplatelet therapy interruption within 1 year after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction.
Chor-Cheung Frankie TamJeffrey LeeKi Wan ChanCheung Chi LamYiu Tung WongEric ChanMichael SzeYui Ming LamCarmen ChanHung Fat TseChung Wah SiuPublished in: Postgraduate medical journal (2019)
DAPT interruption was not uncommon after PPCI in patients with STEMI particularly in the elderly. This has implication on stent selection during PPCI, and further studies are required to investigate which type of stent may best suit our real-life patients with STEMI.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- antiplatelet therapy
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute myocardial infarction
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- coronary artery bypass
- atrial fibrillation
- risk factors
- case control
- heart failure
- left ventricular