Difference in a decade: percutaneous coronary interventions in Australia

Trends in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in New South Wales, Australia

This is the first detailed study on percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Hospital data for PCIs carried out between 1 July 1990 and 30 June 2002 are analysed. The study explores trends in PCI rates by selected socio-demographic factors, the utilisation of angioplasties vis-a-vis stents, emergency admissions, and selected coexisting conditions which deter...

antiplatelet therapy in hemodialysis patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions

conclusions this investigation might contribute to delineate the best treatment options for this high risk population. evidence acquisition we reviewed current evidences on the use of antiplatelet therapy in patients with esrd/hd undergoing pci, focusing on the efficacy and safety of specific agents and their indications for detailed clinical settings. results clinical setting in hd patients is...

Percutaneous coronary interventions in Europe 1992-2003.

AIMS The purpose of this registry is to collect data on trends in interventional cardiology within Europe. Special interest focuses on relative increases and ratios in newer revascularization approaches and its distribution in different regions in Europe. We report the data of the year 2003 and give an overview of the development of coronary interventions since 1992, when the first data collect...

Stroke after percutaneous coronary interventions.

n this issue of the Journal, Dukkipati et al. (1) identified the ncidence, predictors, and outcomes of stroke in patients ndergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). troke occurred in hospital in 92 of 20,670 patients (0.3%) fter PCI, which is higher than the reported rates of 0.08% o 0.17% after diagnostic catheterization (2). The good news in this report is that brain injury hapened...

Towards a tailored approach in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions