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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Assessing the cardiology community position on transradial intervention and the use of bivalirudin in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing invasive management: Results of an EAPCI survey
EuroIntervention, Volume 12, No. 9, Year 2016
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Aims: Our aim was to report on a survey initiated by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) collecting the opinion of the cardiology community on the invasive management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), before and after the MATRIX trial presentation at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2015 Scientific Sessions. Methods and results: A web-based survey was distributed to all individuals registered on the EuroIntervention mailing list (n=15,200). A total of 572 and 763 physicians responded to the pre-and post-ACC survey, respectively. The radial approach emerged as the preferable access site for ACS patients undergoing invasive management with roughly every other responder interpreting the evidence for mortality benefit as definitive and calling for a guidelines upgrade to class I. The most frequently preferred anticoagulant in ACS patients remains unfractionated heparin (UFH), due to higher costs and greater perceived thrombotic risks associated with bivalirudin. However, more than a quarter of participants declared the use of bivalirudin would increase after MATRIX. Conclusions: The MATRIX trial reinforced the evidence for a causal association between bleeding and mortality and triggered consensus on the superiority of the radial versus femoral approach. The belief that bivalirudin mitigates bleeding risk is common, but UFH still remains the preferred anticoagulant based on lower costs and thrombotic risks. © 2016 Europa Digital & Publishing. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Adamo, Marianna
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Erasmus Mc
Byrne, Robert A.
Germany, Munich
Technische Universität München
Baumbach, Andreas
United Kingdom, Bristol
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Nhs Foundation Trust
Haude, Michael
Germany, Neuss
Städt. Kliniken Neuss - Lukaskrankenhaus Gmbh
Windecker, Stephan W.
Switzerland, Bern
University Hospital Bern
Valgimigli, Marco
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Erasmus Mc
Switzerland, Bern
University Hospital Bern
Addad, Faouzi
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Anderson, Richard A.
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Bagur, Rodrigo H.
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Balducelli, Marco
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Bravo Baptista, Sérgio Bravo Cordeiro
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Boccuzzi, Giacomo Giovanni
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Bolognese, Leonardo
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Briguori, Carlo
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Bunc, Matjaẑ
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Campo, Gianluca Calogero
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Candiello, Alfonsina
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Colombo, Antonio
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Cosgrave, John V.
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Crimi, G.
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D’Ascenzo, Fabrizio
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de Backer, Ole
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Devlin, Gerard P.
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Dina, Christian
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Eftychiou, Christos
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ElGuindy, Ahmed Mohamed
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Esposito, Giovanni
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Ettori, Federica
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Ferlini, Marco
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Garbo, Roberto
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Garducci, Stefano
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Garg, Scot A.
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Gommeaux, Antoine
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Gosselin, Gilbert
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Guagliumi, Giulio
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Hayrapetyan, Hamlet Grigori
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Ibrahim, Ayman Mohamed
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Ilić, Ivan
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James, Stefan Karl
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Kala, Petr
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Kanakakis, Ioannis Georgios
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Kayaert, Peter
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Kedev, Saško A.
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Khan, Sohail Q.
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Koskinas, Konstantinos C.
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Laine, Mika K.
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Latib, Azeem M.
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Legrand, Victor M.G.
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Leone, Antonio Maria
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Lindsay, Steven J.
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Lupi, Alessandro
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Mainar, Vicente
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Mancone, Massimo
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Méndiz, Oscar A.
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Mohanad, Ahmed
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More, Ranjit S.
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Otieno, Harun Argwings
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Polad, Jawed
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Raungaard, Bent
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Reczuch, Krzysztof W.
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Romagnoli, Enrico
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Saad, Aly Mohamed Abd Alrahman
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Farag, El Sayed Mohamed
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Statistics
Citations: 11
Authors: 163
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4244/EIJY15M12_01
ISSN:
1774024X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative