Publications by authors named "K Ben-Jemaa"
Background: Coronary artery diseases remain the leading cause of death in the world. The management of this condition has improved remarkably in the recent years owing to the development of new technical tools and multicentric registries.
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the in-hospital and 1-year clinical outcomes of patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in Tunisia.
Article Synopsis
- * The study included 915 patients, primarily middle-aged, where about 22.4% were found to have valvular AF, and only half of the patients with low embolic risk were prescribed oral anticoagulants.
- * Findings highlighted that the management strategies for AF in Tunisia were inadequate, with concerns over low anticoagulation quality, as evidenced by a 1.64% thromboembolism rate and a notable number of patients not receiving proper antithrom
Background: In patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), recent clinical guidelines recommend that primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be performed within 90min of first medical contact or 45min after admission in cathlab. The Door-to-Balloon time (D2B) is widely used to measure the performance of interventional centres.
Aim Of The Study: To analyze the time to reperfusion in a consecutive series of STEMI patients referred for primary PCI, and to evaluate the clinical accuracy of D2B in primary PCI.