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Background: Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with potent P2Y12 inhibitor is the cornerstone of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) management. Balancing the effects of different strategies of antiplatelet therapy including DAPT de-escalation, potent P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy, and conventional DAPT is a hot topic. Methods: A systematic search was conducted from the MEDLINE, PubMed, and Embase through October 2021 to identify various DAPT strategies in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for treatment of ACS patients after undergoing PCI with drug-eluting stent (DES). The network meta-analysis was performed to investigate the net clinic benefit of the DAPT de-escalation, potent P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy, as well as conventional DAPT. The primary outcome was net adverse clinical events, defined as a composite of major bleeding and cardiac death, myocardial infarction, stroke, stent thrombosis, or target-vessel revascularization. The secondary outcomes include major adverse cardiac events and trial-defined major or minor bleeding. Results: A total of 14 RCTs with 63,982 patients were included. The DAPT de-escalation was associated with a lower risk of the primary outcome compared with potent P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy (De-escalation vs monotherapy odds ratio (OR): 0.72 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.55-0.96), and other antiplatelet strategies (De-escalation vs clopidogrel + aspirin OR: 0.49 95% CI: 0.39-0.63; De-escalation vs prasugrel + aspirin OR: 0.76 95% CI: 0.59-0.98; De-escalation vs ticagrelor + aspirin OR: 0.76 95% CI: 0.55-0.90). There were no statistical differences in the incidence of bleeding (DAPT de-escalation vs P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy OR: 0.73 95% CI: 0.47-1.12) and major adverse cardiac events (DAPT de-escalation vs P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy OR: 0.79 95% CI: 0.59-1.08) between DAPT de-escalation and potent P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy. Conclusions: This network meta-analysis showed that DAPT de-escalation would reduce the net adverse clinical events, compared with potent P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy, for ACS patients undergone PCI treatment.
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The triglyceride glucose body mass index (TyG-BMI) is a potential indicator for insulin resistance, but its association with mortality in diabetic patients is unclear. This study investigates the relationship between TyG-BMI and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in diabetics. The study included 3109 diabetic patients from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001-2018). Mortality data were obtained from National Death Index records until 31 December 2019. Multivariate Cox models analyzed the association between TyG-BMI and mortality. Non-linear correlations were assessed using restricted cubic splines, and a two-piecewise Cox model evaluated the relationship on both sides of the inflection point. Over a median 7.25-year follow-up, 795 total and 238 cardiovascular deaths occurred. A U-shaped link was found between initial TyG-BMI and mortality in diabetic patients. Low TyG-BMI (< 279.67 for all-cause, < 270.19 for CVD) reduced death risks (all-cause: HR 0.77, 95% CI 0.69-0.86; CVD: HR 0.64, 95% CI 0.48-0.86). High TyG-BMI (> 279.67 for all-cause, > 270.19 for CVD) increased these risks (all-cause: HR 1.26, 95% CI 1.10-1.44; CVD: HR 1.33, 95% CI 1.06-1.68). In the NHANES study population, a U-shaped association was observed between the baseline TyG-BMI index and all-cause mortality or CVD in diabetic patients.