Trends of prescribing adherence of antiplatelet agents in Hong Kong patients with acute coronary syndrome: a 10-year retrospective observational cohort study.
Amy Shuk Man LamBryan Py YanVivian Wing Yan LeePublished in: BMJ open (2020)
Use of DAPT with prasugrel/ticagrelor was suboptimal yet improving during 2008-2017 in HK patients with ACS. Considering DAPT, predictors for clopidogrel prescription, compared with prasugrel/ticagrelor, were consistent with identified risk factors of bleeding.
Keyphrases
- antiplatelet therapy
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- risk factors
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- atrial fibrillation
- primary care
- coronary artery disease
- cross sectional
- high glucose
- metabolic syndrome
- emergency department
- endothelial cells
- adipose tissue
- electronic health record