BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that patients undergoing acute intervention for coronary syndromes may not receive adequate secondary prevention. OBJECTIVE: To analyse the impact of availability and use of coronary interventions on the prescription of secondary prevention after acute coronary syndromes. DESIGN: Analysis of a prospective multicentre register of patients admitted to hospital for acute coronary syndromes. SETTING: A 1999 pan-European survey in 390 hospitals. PATIENTS: 3092 patients admitted to hospital with acute coronary syndromes (including 777 for ST elevation myocardial infarction within 12 hours of onset). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rates of prescription of aspirin and lipid lowering agents. RESULTS: Performance of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) during the hospital stay were independent predictors of prescription of aspirin at discharge (odds ratio (OR) 1.29 and 1.89, p = 0.053 and p < 0.0001, respectively). Lipid lowering agents were prescribed more often on discharge in patients admitted to hospitals with catheterisation laboratories than without (for infarction with ST elevation, 45% v 40% (NS); for other acute coronary syndromes, 46% v 36%; p < 0.05). Prescription rates were higher among patients undergoing coronary angiography or PCI than in those treated conservatively (for infarction with ST elevation, 49%, 53%, and 39%, p < 0.05; for other acute coronary syndromes, 50%, 54%, and 34%, p < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that PCI was an independent predictor of prescription of lipid lowering agents at discharge (OR 1.48, p < 0.0002). CONCLUSIONS: Contrary to expectations, invasive procedures for acute coronary syndromes are associated with higher rates of prescription of pharmacological secondary prevention.
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that patients undergoing acute intervention for coronary syndromes may not receive adequate secondary prevention. OBJECTIVE: To analyse the impact of availability and use of coronary interventions on the prescription of secondary prevention after acute coronary syndromes. DESIGN: Analysis of a prospective multicentre register of patients admitted to hospital for acute coronary syndromes. SETTING: A 1999 pan-European survey in 390 hospitals. PATIENTS: 3092 patients admitted to hospital with acute coronary syndromes (including 777 for ST elevation myocardial infarction within 12 hours of onset). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rates of prescription of aspirin and lipid lowering agents. RESULTS: Performance of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) during the hospital stay were independent predictors of prescription of aspirin at discharge (odds ratio (OR) 1.29 and 1.89, p = 0.053 and p < 0.0001, respectively). Lipid lowering agents were prescribed more often on discharge in patients admitted to hospitals with catheterisation laboratories than without (for infarction with ST elevation, 45% v 40% (NS); for other acute coronary syndromes, 46% v 36%; p < 0.05). Prescription rates were higher among patients undergoing coronary angiography or PCI than in those treated conservatively (for infarction with ST elevation, 49%, 53%, and 39%, p < 0.05; for other acute coronary syndromes, 50%, 54%, and 34%, p < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that PCI was an independent predictor of prescription of lipid lowering agents at discharge (OR 1.48, p < 0.0002). CONCLUSIONS: Contrary to expectations, invasive procedures for acute coronary syndromes are associated with higher rates of prescription of pharmacological secondary prevention.
Authors: G G Schwartz; A G Olsson; M D Ezekowitz; P Ganz; M F Oliver; D Waters; A Zeiher; B R Chaitman; S Leslie; T Stern Journal: JAMA Date: 2001-04-04 Impact factor: 56.272
Authors: A M Tonkin; D Colquhoun; J Emberson; W Hague; A Keech; G Lane; S MacMahon; J Shaw; R J Simes; P L Thompson; H D White; D Hunt Journal: Lancet Date: 2000-12-02 Impact factor: 79.321