Fish Oil and Perioperative Bleeding
Akintoye E, Sethi P, Harris WS, Thompson PA, Marchioli R, Tavazzi L, Latini R, Pretorius M, Brown NJ, Libby P, Mozaffarian D. Fish Oil and Perioperative Bleeding. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2018, 11: e004584. PMID: 30571332, PMCID: PMC6376981, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.118.004584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBleeding Academic Research Consortium bleedingPerioperative bleedingFish oil supplementationFish oil groupLower riskPrimary outcomeFish oilMean ageOil supplementationOil groupBleeding Academic Research ConsortiumPlasma phospholipid omega-3Coronary artery bypass graftMajor perioperative bleedingChest tube outputPlacebo-controlled trialAcademic Research ConsortiumArtery bypass graftTreatment of hypertriglyceridemiaAbsolute risk differenceParticipants' mean ageHealth care professionalsFatty acid levelsBleeding definitionsHemostasis definitionSafety and Efficacy of Novel Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin in Medicare Beneficiaries With Atrial Fibrillation and Valvular Heart Disease
Briasoulis A, Inampudi C, Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Panaich S, Vaughan‐Sarrazin M. Safety and Efficacy of Novel Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin in Medicare Beneficiaries With Atrial Fibrillation and Valvular Heart Disease. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e008773. PMID: 29622591, PMCID: PMC6015407, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.008773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsValvular heart diseaseAtrial fibrillationMedicare beneficiariesIschemic strokeHeart diseaseNew-onset atrial fibrillationNon-vitamin K anticoagulantsGastrointestinal bleeding ratesLarge community-based samplePropensity-matched sampleCommunity-based sampleMajor bleedingNongastrointestinal bleedingCause mortalitySystemic thromboembolismVersus WarfarinPrimary outcomePropensity matchingMyocardial infarctionBleeding rateLower riskPatientsRivaroxabanWarfarinDabigatran