Publications by authors named "Aleksandar Blivajs"
: Patients with non-infarct-related artery chronic total occlusion (non-IRA CTO) found during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) are not rare and have worse clinical outcomes. We aimed to analyze their long-term clinical outcomes in regard to clinical characteristics, revascularization strategies, and adherence to medical therapy. : The dual-center ACS registry of patients treated from Jan 2017 to May 2023 was used to identify 1950 patients with timely PCI in ACS who survived to discharge with documented adequate demographic, clinical, and angiographic characteristics, treatment strategies, and medical therapy adherence during a median follow-up time of 49 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComparison of vitamin K and non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants and the bleeding frequency in the emergency department.
High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev
January 2024
Article Synopsis
- Safety studies have shown that new anticoagulant drugs are at least as safe as older ones like warfarin, but emergency data on bleeding symptoms suggest discrepancies with existing research.
- The study aimed to explore how often patients on different anticoagulants visit the emergency department due to bleeding and related symptoms.
- The findings indicate that a significant portion of warfarin patients were inadequately monitored, with bleeding rates that were slightly higher compared to those on direct oral anticoagulants, highlighting the need for better tracking of bleeding issues in real-life scenarios.
Atrial fibrillation is a disease with a complex pathophysiology, whose occurrence and persistence are caused not only by aberrant electrical signaling in the heart, but by the development of a susceptible heart substrate. These changes, such as the accumulation of adipose tissue and interstitial fibrosis, are characterized by the presence of inflammation. -glycans have shown great promise as biomarkers in different diseases, specifically those involving inflammatory changes.
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