Consensus Document of the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists (ANMCO), Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC), Italian Association of Interventional Cardiology (SICI-GISE) and Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery (SICCH): clinical approach to pharmacologic pre-treatment for patients undergoing myocardial revascularization procedures.

Abstract

The wide availability of effective drugs in reducing cardiovascular events together with the use of myocardial revascularization has greatly improved the prognosis of patients with coronary artery disease. The combination of antithrombotic drugs to be administered before the knowledge of the coronary anatomy and before the consequent therapeutic strategies, can allow to anticipate optimal treatment, but can also expose the patients at risk of bleeding that, especially in acute coronary syndromes, can significantly weigh on their prognosis, even more than the expected theoretical benefit. In non ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes patients in particular, we propose a 'selective pre-treatment' with P2Y12 inhibitors, based on the ischaemic risk, on the bleeding risk and on the time scheduled for the execution of coronary angiography. Much of the problems concerning this issue would be resolved by an early access to coronary angiography, particularly for patients at higher ischaemic and bleeding risk.

• Authors: Roberto Caporale, Giovanna Geraci, Michele Massimo Gulizia, Mauro Borzi, Furio Colivicchi, A Menozzi, Giuseppe Musumeci, Marino Scherillo, Antonietta Ledda, Giuseppe Tarantini, Piersilvio Gerometta, Giancarlo Casolo, Dario Formigli, Francesco Romeo, Roberto Di Bartolomeo
• Journal: European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology (Eur Heart J Suppl) Vol. 19 Issue Suppl D Pg. D151-D162 (May 2017) ISSN: 1520-765X [Print] England
• PMID: 28751841 (Publication Type: Journal Article)