TY - JOUR T1 - Prasugrel versus ticagrelor in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 1145 LP - 1151 DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-318694 VL - 107 IS - 14 AU - Dimitrios Venetsanos AU - Erik Träff AU - David Erlinge AU - Emil Hagström AU - Johan Nilsson AU - Liyew Desta AU - Bertil Lindahl AU - Linda Mellbin AU - Elmir Omerovic AU - Karolina Elisabeth Szummer AU - Sammy Zwackman AU - Tomas Jernberg AU - Joakim Alfredsson Y1 - 2021/07/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/107/14/1145.abstract N2 - Objective The comparative efficacy and safety of prasugrel and ticagrelor in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remain unclear. We aimed to investigate the association of treatment with clinical outcomes.Methods In the SWEDEHEART (Swedish Web-system for enhancement and development of evidence-based care in heart disease evaluated according to recommended therapies) registry, all patients with MI treated with PCI and discharged on prasugrel or ticagrelor from 2010 to 2016 were included. Outcomes were 1-year major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE, death, MI or stroke), individual components and bleeding. Multivariable adjustment, inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) and propensity score matching (PSM) were used to adjust for confounders.Results We included 37 990 patients, 2073 in the prasugrel group and 35 917 in the ticagrelor group. Patients in the prasugrel group were younger, more often admitted with ST elevation MI and more likely to have diabetes. Six to twelve months after discharge, 20% of patients in each group discontinued the P2Y12 receptor inhibitor they received at discharge. The risk for MACCE did not significantly differ between prasugrel-treated and ticagrelor-treated patients (adjusted HR 1.03, 95% CI 0.86 to 1.24). We found no significant difference in the adjusted risk for death, recurrent MI or stroke alone between the two treatments. There was no significant difference in the risk for bleeding with prasugrel versus ticagrelor (2.5% vs 3.2%, adjusted HR 0.92, 95% CI 0.69 to 1.22). IPTW and PSM analyses confirmed the results.Conclusion In patients with MI treated with PCI, prasugrel and ticagrelor were associated with similar efficacy and safety during 1-year follow-up.All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information. ER -