Mortality From Bleeding Versus Myocardial Infarction: Loosening A Strand of the Antithrombotic Therapy "Gordian Knot"

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Jul 14;76(2):172-174. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.032.

Authors

Derek P Chew¹, Jack Wei Chieh Tan²

Affiliations

¹ College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Electronic address: derek.chew@flinders.edu.au.
² National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore.

PMID: 32646566
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.032

No abstract available

Keywords: acute coronary syndromes; antithrombotic therapy; bleeding; coronary stenting; myocardial infarction.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome* / drug therapy
Aftercare
Fibrinolytic Agents / adverse effects
Humans
Myocardial Infarction* / drug therapy
Patient Discharge
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents