Incidence of bleeding during and after two non-surgical periodontal therapy schemes in patients with recent acute coronary syndrome on dual antiplatelet therapy: A pilot study.

Background: This study aimed to compare the incidence of bleeding using two periodontal treatment protocols in patients with recent Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS).

Material And Methods: This is an interim analysis of a double-blind controlled clinical trial evaluating two periodontal treatment schemes in patients with recent ACS treated with different dual antiplatelet regimens: Clopidogrel+ASA, Prasugrel+ASA and Ticagrelor+ASA. After randomisation six patients (22 quadrants) were treated with Scheme A (scaling and root planning-SRP) and six patients (21 quadrants) with Scheme B (ultrasonic scaling-US).

Cost-Effectiveness of Tacrolimus Compared With Cyclosporine for Immunosuppression Therapy in Patients Who Underwent Heart Transplant in Colombia.

Objectives: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of pharmacological treatment in maintenance therapy for adult heart transplant recipients from the Colombian health system perspective.

Methods: We constructed a decision tree model with a 1-year time horizon. A review of the clinical literature was performed to extract probabilities of health events and acute rejections avoided were used as the health outcome.