EVIDENCE FAVORING USE OF ANTICOAGULANTS IN HOSPITAL PHASE OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION
EVIDENCE FAVORING USE OF ANTICOAGULANTS IN HOSPITAL PHASE OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm197711172972004
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
KUNZLER, AM
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作者:
CHALMERS, TC;MATTA, RJ;KUNZLER, AM
Since the last comprehensive review of anticoagulation in acute myocardial infarction 4 additional randomized control trials were reported. The overwhelming majority of all trials favored anticoagulation. Rates of thromboembolism were higher in the control, and hemorrhagic complications in the anticoagulated group. Pooling of all randomzied control trials gives mean case fatality rates of 19.6% for the control and 15.4% for the anticoagulated group, a relative reduction of 21% (P < 0.05 or < 0.001, depending on the analytic method). Five of 6 randomized control trials reported no effect because the difference favoring anticoagulation was not statistically significant. However, sample sizes in these negative papers were too small to protect against missing a 21% reduction in true case fatality rate due to anticoagulation (.beta. > 0.10). All patients who present no specific contraindication should receive anticoagulants during hospitalization for infarction.