Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in a Large Middle Eastern Cohort

Autor: Mustafa Ridha, Mohammad Zubaid, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Ahmed Al-Motarreb, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Haitham Amin, Tareq Aleinati, Jawad Al-Lawati, Kadhim Sulaiman, Fahad Alenezi, Wael Almahmeed, Muath Alanbaei
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal
ISSN: 1874-1924
Popis: Background: Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) can occur in patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). In the Gulf Registry of acute coronary events (Gulf RACE), we identified the clinical characteristics and in- hospital outcomes of these patients. Methods: Clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes for 461 ACS patients with prior CABG are compared to 7715 ACS patients without prior CABG enrolled from 64 hospitals in 6 Gulf countries over a 6-month period. Results: The overall incidence of ACS with prior CABG was 5.6% out of 8176 patients. The ACS with prior CABG were older (63 vs 55 years, P
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