Publications by authors named "J Perunicic"

Background/aim: Despite technological advances in diagnosis and treatment, in-hospital mortality with acute aortic dissection type B is still about 11%. The purpose of this study was to assess the risk factors for early and long-term adverse outcomes in patients with acute aortic dissection type B treated medically or with conventional open surgery.

Methods: The present study included 104 consecutive patients with acute aortic dissection type B treated in our Center from January 1, 1998 to January 1, 2007.

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Pulmonary thromboembolism is a very common cardiovascular disease, with a high mortality rate. Despite the clear guidelines, this disease still represents a great challenge both in diagnosis and treatment. The heterogeneous clinical picture, often without pathognomonic signs and symptoms, represents a huge differential diagnostic problem even for experienced doctors.

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Objective: In patients with risk factors or established atherothrombosis, atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a poor prognosis compared with patients without AF. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of AF in patients with lower limb amputation (LLA) and its association with cardiovascular death and adverse cardiovascular events in long-term follow-up.

Methods: Observational prospective study of consecutive patients after index major (transfemoral and transtibial) LLA.

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Background: Studies with platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors (GPIs) showed conflicting results in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) patients who were pretreated with 600 mg clopidogrel. We sought to investigate the short- and long-term efficacy and safety of the periprocedural administration of tirofiban in a largest Serbian PPCI centre.

Methods: We analysed 2995 consecutive PPCI patients enrolled in the Clinical Center of Serbia STEMI Register, between February 2007 and March 2012.

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Background: Bleeding is a potentially catastrophic complication after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). It occurs most frequently within the first 30 days following the intervention. The aim of this study was to generate a simple and accurate risk model for the prediction of bleeding after PPCI.

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