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. 2011 Jun 17;342:d3527. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d3527

Table 2.

 Treatments and procedures during hospital admission. Values are percentages (numbers) unless stated otherwise

Planned non-invasive Planned invasive (n=13 408)
Ticagrelor (n=2601) Clopidogrel (n=2615) Total (n=5216)
Type of acute coronary syndrome* at discharge
STEMI 8.4 (218/2594) 8.9 (233/2608) 8.7 (451/5202) 49.1 (6575/13 380)
NSTEMI 55.6 (1441/2594) 56.3 (1469/2608) 55.9 (2910/5202) 37.7 (5045/13 380)
Unstable angina pectoris or other 36.0 (935/2594) 34.7 (906/2608) 35.4 (1841/5202) 13.2 (1760/13 380)
Antithrombotic treatment during initial hospital admission
Aspirin 95.2 (2475/2600) 94.7 (2472/2611) 94.9 (4947/5211) 98.0 (13 128/13 390)
Unfractionated heparin 37.5 (975) 36.7 (959) 37.1 (1934) 66.0 (8844)
Low molecular weight heparin 64.1 (1668) 63.6 (1663) 63.9 (3331) 47.1 (6318)
Fondaparinux 5.0 (131) 4.8 (125) 4.9 (256) 1.9 (253)
Bivalirudin 0.3 (8) 0.4 (10) 0.3 (18) 2.7 (356)
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor 5.6 (145) 6.2 (162) 5.9 (307) 35.3 (4730)
Other drug from randomisation to end of study
β blocker 85.0 (2212) 83.9 (2194) 84.5 (4406) 85.7 (11 489)
ACE inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker 83.2 (2162/2600) 82.8 (2162/2611) 83.0 (4324/5211) 86.9 (11 637/13 390)
Cholesterol lowering drug (statin) 89.9 (2337) 89.7 (2345) 89.8 (4682) 95.3 (12 778)
Calcium antagonist 29.5 (767) 30.1 (786) 29.8 (1553) 21.7 (2905)
Diuretic 48.9 (1272/2600) 46.8 (1222/2611) 47.9 (2494/5211) 38.9 (5213/13 390)
Proton pump inhibitor 39.9 (1038) 39.0 (1020) 39.5 (2058) 54.0 (7237)
Invasive procedures
Coronary angiography:
 Before discharge 41.8 (1088) 41.9 (1095) 41.9 (2183) 96.9 (12 987)
 Any time during follow-up 55.6 (1447) 55.4 (1448) 55.5 (2895) 97.6 (13 085)
 Median (IQR) time to angiography (hours) 89 (26-266) (n=1445) 92 (26-235) (n=1446) 91 (26-240) (n=2891) 0.6 (0.1-3.8) (n=13 083)
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI):
 Before discharge 20.3 (528) 20.5 (537) 20.4 (1065) 76.8 (10 298)
 Any time during follow-up 28.4 (738) 29.7 (776) 29.0 (1514) 78.0 (10 463)
 Median (IQR) time to PCI (hours) 136 (40-379) (n=738) 144 (42-391) (n=776) 141 (41-383) (n=1514) 0.8 (0.3-3.0) (n=10 462)
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG):
 Before discharge 4.2 (108) 3.8 (100) 4.0 (208) 5.7 (762)
 Any time during follow-up 11.0 (287) 10.4 (272) 10.7 (559) 10.0 (1340)
 Median (IQR) time to CABG (hours) 609 (306-1682) (n=287) 642 (308-1852) (n=272) 623 (307-1742) (n=559) 240 (92-1145) (n=1340)

ACE=angiotensin converting enzyme; IQR=interquartile range; NSTEMI=non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI=ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.

*Defined by final diagnosis of index event.