Table 3

Periprocedural drug therapy

Drug typeDrugAll patients (%)Stable CAD (%)ACS (%)p-Value
Stable CAD vs ACS
Pre-PCIAPTClopidogrel1529 (53.1)1061 (59.2)468 (43.2)<0.001
Prasugrel328 (11.4)162 (9.0)166 (15.3)
Ticagrelor383 (13.3)156 (8.7)227 (20.9)
Ticlopidine19 (0.7)9 (0.5)10 (0.9)
Aspirin only316 (11.0)205 (11.4)111 (10.2)
No preloading302 (10.5)200 (11.2)102 (9.4)
OACAll OAC54 (1.9)40 (2.2)14 (1.3)0.072
VKA33 (1.1)25 (1.4)8 (0.7)0.188
NOAC, eg, rivaroxaban21 (0.7)15 (0.8)6 (0.5)
Post-PCIAPTClopidogrel2010 (69.9)1450 (80.9)560 (51.7)<0.001
Prasugrel300 (10.4)90 (5.0)210 (19.4)
Ticagrelor501 (17.4)212 (11.8)289 (26.7)
Aspirin only28 (1.0)16 (0.9)12 (1.1)
Unknown38 (1.3)25 (1.4)13 (1.2)
  • ACS, acute coronary syndrome; APT, antiplatelet therapy; CAD, coronary artery disease; NOAC, new oral anticoagulative; OAC, oral anti-coagulatives; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; VKA, vitamin k antagonist.