Incidence and clinical consequences of acquired thrombocytopenia after antithrombotic therapies in patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trial
Caixeta A, Dangas GD, Mehran R, Feit F, Nikolsky E, Lansky AJ, Aoki J, Moses JW, Steinhubl SR, White HD, Ohman EM, Manoukian SV, Fahy M, Stone GW. Incidence and clinical consequences of acquired thrombocytopenia after antithrombotic therapies in patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trial. American Heart Journal 2011, 161: 298-306.e1. PMID: 21315212, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.10.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIIb/IIIa inhibitorsGP IIb/IIIa inhibitorsAcute coronary syndromeBivalirudin monotherapyMajor bleedingCoronary syndromePlatelet countClinical consequencesUrgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trialGlycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitorsPredictors of mortalityAcquired thrombocytopeniaACUITY trialAcute CatheterizationAntiplatelet medicationsAntithrombotic therapyIschemic complicationsAnticoagulant regimenIndependent predictorsStrategy trialThrombocytopeniaPatientsMultivariate analysisMonotherapyLess decline