Abstract

Background: The aim was to investigate prognostic relevance of history of allergy in subjects with unstable angina treated with coronary angioplasty. METHODS: Fifty-seven consecutive patients with unstable angina who underwent coronary angioplasty were enrolled in the study and were divided into two groups: those with a history of allergy (Group A, N=15); and controls (Group C, N=42). Major adverse cardiac events were recorded over a six-month follow-up period. Patients with primary or unsuccessful angioplasty and patients treated with drug eluting stent were excluded from the study. RESULTS: Group A patients (history of allergy) showed a 46.67% incidence of major adverse cardiac events at six-month follow-up (vs. 9.52% Group C, p<0.01): results remained significant even in a multiple Cox regression analysis (hazard ratio 7.17, 95% CI 1.71-29.98, p<0.01). CONCLUSION: History of allergy is an independent predictor of major adverse cardiac events after coronary angioplasty in a six-month follow-up period in unstable angina

Autore Pugliese

• Gaglione Antonio

Tutti gli autori

• N.D. Brunetti , De Gennaro L , Cuculo A , A. Gaglione , M. Di Biase.

Titolo volume/Rivista

ALLERGOLOGIA ET IMMUNOPATHOLOGIA

Anno di pubblicazione

2013

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0301-0546

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