Nicolas Danchin1, Jean Ferrieres2, Maxime Guenoun3, Simon Cattan4, Sophie K Rushton-Smith5, Nicola Greenlaw6, Roberto Ferrari7, Philippe Gabriel Steg8. 1. Cardiology, European Hospital Georges-Pompidiou, Paris, France. Electronic address: nicolas.danchin@egp.aphp.fr. 2. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UMR 1027, INSERM, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France; Department of Cardiology, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France. 3. Department of Cardiology, Clinique Bouchard, Marseille, France. 4. GHI Le Raincy, Montfermeil, France. 5. Thrombosis Research Institute, London, UK. 6. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. 7. Department of Cardiology and LTTA Centre, University Hospital of Ferrara and Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care&Research, E.S: Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy. 8. Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne-Paris Cité, Paris, France; INSERM U-1148, Paris, France; Département Hospitalo-Universitaire FIRE, Hôpital Bichat, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; NHLI Imperial College, ICMS, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Improvements in the treatment of coronary artery disease mean that an increasing number of patients survive acute cardiovascular events and live as outpatients with or without anginal symptoms. AIM: To determine the characteristics and management of contemporary outpatients with stable coronary artery disease in Western Europe, and to compare France with the other Western European countries. METHODS: CLARIFY (prospeCtive observational LongitudinAl RegIstry oF patients with stable coronary arterY disease) is an international, prospective, observational, longitudinal study. Between November 2009 and July 2010, 32,954 adult outpatients with stable coronary artery disease (defined as a history of documented myocardial infarction [of >3 months], prior coronary revascularization, chest pain with myocardial ischaemia, or coronary stenosis of>50% proven by angiography) were enrolled in 45 countries. The demographics and management of CLARIFY patients enrolled in France were compared with those enrolled in other Western European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK). RESULTS: Of the 14,726 patients enrolled in Western Europe (mean age 66.2 [10.2] years; 79.6% male), 2432 (16.5%) were from France. The use of aspirin was lower in France than in other Western European countries (74.5% vs. 86.9%, respectively), whereas use of thienopyridines (48.5% vs. 21.7%), oral anticoagulants (12.3% vs. 9.0%) and lipid-lowering drugs (95.8% vs. 92.5%) was higher. Beta-blockers were used in 73% of both groups. Angina was less prevalent in France (6.3% vs. 15.5%) and French patients showed higher levels of physical activity than their counterparts in Western Europe. CONCLUSIONS: The management of patients with stable CAD in France appears favourable, with good adherence to guideline-based therapies, but there remains room for improvement in terms of symptom and risk factor control.
BACKGROUND: Improvements in the treatment of coronary artery disease mean that an increasing number of patients survive acute cardiovascular events and live as outpatients with or without anginal symptoms. AIM: To determine the characteristics and management of contemporary outpatients with stable coronary artery disease in Western Europe, and to compare France with the other Western European countries. METHODS: CLARIFY (prospeCtive observational LongitudinAl RegIstry oF patients with stable coronary arterY disease) is an international, prospective, observational, longitudinal study. Between November 2009 and July 2010, 32,954 adult outpatients with stable coronary artery disease (defined as a history of documented myocardial infarction [of >3 months], prior coronary revascularization, chest pain with myocardial ischaemia, or coronary stenosis of>50% proven by angiography) were enrolled in 45 countries. The demographics and management of CLARIFY patients enrolled in France were compared with those enrolled in other Western European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK). RESULTS: Of the 14,726 patients enrolled in Western Europe (mean age 66.2 [10.2] years; 79.6% male), 2432 (16.5%) were from France. The use of aspirin was lower in France than in other Western European countries (74.5% vs. 86.9%, respectively), whereas use of thienopyridines (48.5% vs. 21.7%), oral anticoagulants (12.3% vs. 9.0%) and lipid-lowering drugs (95.8% vs. 92.5%) was higher. Beta-blockers were used in 73% of both groups. Angina was less prevalent in France (6.3% vs. 15.5%) and French patients showed higher levels of physical activity than their counterparts in Western Europe. CONCLUSIONS: The management of patients with stable CAD in France appears favourable, with good adherence to guideline-based therapies, but there remains room for improvement in terms of symptom and risk factor control.
Authors: Christina Grüne de Souza E Silva; Carlos Henrique Klein; Paulo Henrique Godoy; Lucia Helena Alvares Salis; Nelson Albuquerque de Souza E Silva Journal: Arq Bras Cardiol Date: 2018-10-18 Impact factor: 2.000