2023
Effects of Elective Coronary Revascularization vs Medical Therapy Alone on Noncardiac Mortality A Meta-Analysis
Navarese E, Lansky A, Farkouh M, Grzelakowska K, Bonaca M, Gorog D, Raggi P, Kelm M, Yeo B, Umińska J, Curzen N, Kubica J, Wijns W, Kereiakes D. Effects of Elective Coronary Revascularization vs Medical Therapy Alone on Noncardiac Mortality A Meta-Analysis. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2023, 16: 1144-1156. PMID: 37225285, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.02.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic coronary syndromeElective coronary revascularizationNoncardiac mortalityMedical therapyCoronary revascularizationTrial sequential analysisCumulative Z-curveRate ratioA Meta-AnalysisRandom-effects modelMeta-analysis findingsCoronary syndromeISCHEMIA trialRandomized trialsTrial evidenceRevascularizationTreatment groupsPrespecified endpointsMeta-AnalysisPatientsMortalityFutility boundariesDeath rateTrialsTreatment effects
2011
Impact of Leukocyte Count on Mortality and Bleeding in Patients With Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Palmerini T, Mehran R, Dangas G, Nikolsky E, Witzenbichler B, Guagliumi G, Dudek D, Genereux P, Caixeta A, Rabbani L, Weisz G, Parise H, Fahy M, Xu K, Brodie B, Lansky A, Stone GW. Impact of Leukocyte Count on Mortality and Bleeding in Patients With Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Circulation 2011, 123: 2829-2837. PMID: 21632496, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.110.985564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite blood cell countPeak creatinine phosphokinase levelCreatinine phosphokinase levelsPercutaneous coronary interventionST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionBaseline white blood cell countCoronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionIndependent predictorsNoncardiac mortalityCardiac mortalityMyocardial infarctionMajor bleedingHigher white blood cell countLower white blood cell countPropensity-adjusted multivariable analysisAcute Myocardial Infarction trialPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionMyocardial Infarction trialVentricular ejection fractionSubgroup of patientsBlood cell countHarmonizing OutcomesCause mortalityEjection fraction