Vorapaxar in patients with peripheral artery disease and acute coronary syndrome: Insights from Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRACER)

Conclusions: Patients with NSTE ACS and PAD were at increased risk for ischemic events. Lower rates of ischemic end points, peripheral revascularization, and amputation with vorapaxar did not reach statistical significance but warrant further investigation. Vorapaxar increased bleeding in both patients with and without PAD at a similar magnitude of risk.

Source: American Heart Journal - July 7, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: William Schuyler Jones, Pierluigi Tricoci, Zhen Huang, David J. Moliterno, Robert A. Harrington, Peter R. Sinnaeve, John Strony, Frans Van de Werf, Harvey D. White, Claes Held, Paul W. Armstrong, Philip E. Aylward, Edmond Chen, Manesh R. Patel, Kenneth W. Tags: Peripheral Vascular Disease Source Type: research