TY - JOUR T1 - Current management and quality of life of patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in Greece: 12-Month results from antiplatelet therapy observational study II (APTOR II). AU - Pavlides,Gregory, AU - Drossinos,Vangelis, AU - Dafni,Chaido, AU - Altsitzoglou,Petros, AU - Antoniadis,Aiantas, AU - Manolis,Antonios S, AU - Tsioufis,Costas, AU - Goudevenos,Ioannis, AU - Kochiadakis,George, AU - Alexopoulos,Dimitrios, PY - 2013/8/6/entrez PY - 2013/8/6/pubmed PY - 2014/4/2/medline SP - 255 EP - 63 JF - Hellenic journal of cardiology : HJC = Hellenike kardiologike epitheorese JO - Hellenic J Cardiol VL - 54 IS - 4 N2 - INTRODUCTION: We describe the current management of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over 12 months in Greece. METHODS: This was a prospective observational study in ACS patients undergoing PCI from September 2008 to April 2009, capturing practices over 12 months at 22 sites that enrolled 558 eligible patients. RESULTS: A total of 351 patients suffered from unstable angina or non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (UA/ NSTEMI), while 207 patients suffered from ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). For the UA/NSTEMI group, the median age was 64 years (interquartile range: 55-73), while for the STEMI group the median age was 56 years (interquartile range: 49-66). Stents were placed in 96.4% of patients: bare-metal stents alone were placed in 19% of patients, drug-eluting stents alone in 77.5% of patients, and both types of stent in 3.5% of patients. 74% of UA/NSTEMI patients and 87% of STEMI patients received the first antiplatelet loading dose within 1 day of the episode. 76% of UA/NSTEMI patients underwent PCI within 3 days following the initial ACS symptoms, while 67% of STEMI patients underwent PCI within 1 day of the ACS symptoms. Follow-up data were available for 540 (96.8%) patients. The percentages of patients on antiplatelet therapy and on other medications at the time of hospital discharge and at 12 months post-PCI were as follows: aspirin 98%, 97%; clopidogrel 99%, 96%; statins 81%, 79%; beta-blockers 73%, 72%; calcium blockers 11%, 11%; angiotensin II receptor blockers/angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors 64%, 62%; proton-pump inhibitors 39%, 35%. CONCLUSIONS: In ACS patients treated with PCI in Greece, dual antiplatelet treatment is maintained in a very high percentage through 1 year post-procedure, and drug-eluting stent use is also high. SN - 2241-5955 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/23912917/Current_management_and_quality_of_life_of_patients_with_acute_coronary_syndrome_undergoing_percutaneous_coronary_intervention_in_Greece:_12_Month_results_from_antiplatelet_therapy_observational_study_II__APTOR_II__ L2 - https://www.hellenicjcardiol.org/archive/full_text/2013+54/4/2013_4_255.pdf DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -