Publications by authors named "Tou Kun Chong"
Article Synopsis
- This study aimed to explore the clinical characteristics and outcomes of Chinese patients diagnosed with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) by creating the ChiTTS Registry and analyzing data from 112 patients.
- The research found that a significant percentage of patients experienced complications during hospitalization, with predictors like physical triggers, dyspnea, and younger age (<70 years) linked to these adverse outcomes.
- Additionally, patients who had complications during their hospital stay faced a higher risk of long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACCE) and all-cause mortality, whereas beta-blockers at discharge were associated with reduced long-term MACCE.
Background: Patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) need prophylactically antithrombotic therapies to reduce the risk of stroke. We hypothesized that the prognostic benefits of prophylactic antithrombotic therapies outweighed the bleeding risk among very elderly (≥85 years old) patients.
Methods: We analyzed clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with NVAF in different age groups who had received different prophylactic antithrombotic therapies.
Background: Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is a strong predictor of bleeding in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. The novel ABC (age, biomarkers, and clinical history), AF, and bleeding risk score outperforms HAS-BLED bleeding risk score for major bleeding (MB) in patients with AF receiving oral anti-coagulation in the clinical trial cohort. However, it has not been entirely externally validated.
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