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18. Management of heart failure complicating acute coronary syndromes in Montenegro and Serbia

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Knezevic, Bozidarka, Vasiljevic, Zorana, Music, Ljilja, Krivokapic, Ljiljana, Ljubic, Vujica, Tomic, Slavica Cvijovic, Omer, Sahmanovic, Radojicic, Sonja, Radoman, Colovic, Rajovic, Gordana, Riger, Lea, Saranovic, Mirko, Velickovic, Milan, Rajic, Dubravka, Zivkovic, Sinisa, Lasica, Ratko, Bankovic-Milenkovic, Nevena, Ljubica, Djindjic, Jovanovic, Dimitrije, Jelica, Milosavljevic, Radakovic, Gordana, Zdravkovic, Marija, Ricci, Beatrice, Manfrini, Olivia, Martelli, Irene, Koller, Akos, Badimon, Lina, and Bugiardini, Raffaele

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It is essential that context-appropriate health research and health interventions take place in countries with economy in transition. The aims of this study were to describe the clinical characteristics, management, and in-hospital outcomes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients with heart failure (HF) in Montenegro and Serbia. The data of this study are a framework of the International Survey of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Transitional Countries (ISACS-TC; NCT01218776), a multi-national and multicentre registry of patients hospitalized with ACS in the European countries that emerged from the Socialist era. The present analysis focused on participants admitted to 15 hospitals in Montenegro and Serbia with a diagnosis of ACS during the period between October 2012 and August 2013. Among 1115 patients, 94 (8.4%) had an admission diagnosis of HF (Killip Class II or III). Heart failure patients were significantly older (P < 0.001). Heart failure was more frequently associated with hypertension. When compared with patients presenting without HF (Killip Class I), those with HF had lower rates of reperfusion therapy either by percutaneous coronary intervention (47.9 vs. 60.7%, P = 0.015) or by fibrinolysis (2.1 vs. 11.8%, P = 0.004). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, older age, prior coronary artery bypass graft, and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction were the relevant predictor of HF at admission. Heart failure on admission was associated with a marked increase in mortality rates during hospitalization (13.8 vs. 3.7%, P < 0.001). After adjustment for differences in clinical characteristics, HF was still associated with higher mortality (odds ratio 2.88, 95% confidence interval 1.22–6.79, P = 0.016). Heart failure is observed in nearly 9% of patients with ACS in Serbia and Montenegro and is also associated with a significant increase in in-hospital mortality. More aggressive treatment of these patients is warranted to improve prognosis.

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2014
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19. Perspectives: Rationale and design of the ISACS-TC (International Survey of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Transitional Countries) project

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Bugiardini, Raffaele, Badimon, Lina, Manfrini, Olivia, Investigators, on the behalf of the ISACS-TC, Boytsov, Sergei, Bozidarka, Knezevic, Daullxhiu, Irfan, Dilic, Mirza, Dorobantu, Maria, Erglis, Andreis, Gafarov, Valery, Gale, Christopher P., Goncalvesova, Eva, Goudev, Asen, Gustiene, Olivja, Hall, Alistair, Karpova, Irena, Kedev, Sasko, Manak, Nicolay, Milicic, Davor, Ostojic, Miograd, Parkhomenko, Alexander N., Popovici, Mihail, Studenkan, Martin, Toth, Kalman, Trninic, Dijana, Vasiljevic, Zorana, Zakke, Ilja, Zaliunas, Remigijus, Bugiardini, Raffaele, Vaccarino, Viola, Manfrini, Olivia, Badimon, Lina, Manak, Nicolay, Karpova, Irena, Dilic, Mirza, Trninic, Dijana, Goudev, Assen, Milicic, Davor, Toth, Kalman, Daullxhiu, Irfan, Erglis, Andrejs, Zakke, Ilja, Zaliunas, Remigius, Gustiene, Olivija, Kedev, Sasko, Popovici, Mihail, Knezevic, Bozidarka, Boytsov, Sergei, Gafarov, Valery, Dorubantu, Maria, Vasiljevic, Zorana, Ojstoic, Miodrag, Goncalvesova, Eva, Studencan, Martin, Parkhomenko, Alexander N, Hall, Alistair, Gale, Christopher, Karpova, Irena, Manak, Nicoly, Lovric, Milica, Korac, Robert, Mandic, Dragana, Vujovic, Vlado, Blagojevic, Milan, Milekic, Jovana, Trendafilova, Elina, Somleva, Desislava, Krivokapic, Ljiljana, Rajovic, Gordana, Sahmanovic, Omer, Saranovic, Mirko, Radoman, Colovic, Tomic, Slavica Cvijovic, Ljubic, Vujica, Velickovic, Milan, Radojicic, Sonja, Arsenescu-Georfescu, Catalina, Garbea, Smaranda, Radu, Capalneanu, Olinic, Dan, Calin, Pop, Chifor, Alexandru, Babes, Katalin, lonescu, Dan Dominic, Craiu, Elvira, Petrescu, Hie, Magda, Ionescu, Luminita, Serban, Benedek, Imre, Marinescu, Sorin, Tiberiu, Nanea, Gheorghe, Gabriela, Malaescu, Ion, Trocan, Nicolae, Doina, Dimulescu, Macarie, Cezar, Putnikovic, Biljana, Arandjelovic, Aleksandra, Nikolic, Natasa Markovic, Zdravkovic, Marija, Saric, Jelena, Radovanovic, Slavica, Matic, Irena, Srbljak, Nebojsad, Davidovic, Goran, Simovic, Stefan, Zivkovic, Sinisa, Petkovic-Curic, Slavenka, Studencan, Martin, and Parkhomenko, Alexander N

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During the past 10 years, the health of people in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union has undergone changes very different from the health patterns seen in their Western counterparts. Mortality from cardiovascular disease has been decreasing continuously in the USA and many Western European countries, but it has increased or remained unchanged in many of the states of Eastern Europe. Analysis of this phenomenon has been hindered by insufficient information. The International Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes registry study in Transitional Countries (ISACS-TC) is both a retrospective—over a 1-year period—and prospective study which was designed in order to obtain data of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) in countries with economy in transition in Central and Eastern Europe, and herewith control and optimize internationally guideline recommended therapies in these countries. Adhesion to the project was given by 112 Collaborating Centres in 17 countries with economy in transition (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarius, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine). A total of 47 cluster sites in 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe are currently collaborating in ISACS-TC. The registry encourages optimal individualization of evidence-based therapies and the international patient body ensures good representation of multiple practice patterns. It may help to make an additional improvement in clinical outcomes of countries with economy in transition.

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2014
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