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Perspectives: Rationale and design of the ISACS-TC (International Survey of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Transitional Countries) project

2014; Oxford University Press; Volume: 16; Issue: suppl A Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/eurheartj/sut002

1554-2815

Raffaele Bugiardini, Lina Badimón, Olivia Manfrini, S. А. Boytsov, Božidarka Knežević, Irfan Daullxhiu, Mirza Dilić, Maria Dorobanţu, Andrejs Ērglis, В. В. Гафаров, Chris P Gale, E. Goncalvesova, Assen Goudev, Olivija Gustienė, Alistair S. Hall, Irina Karpova, Saško Kedev, N. Manak, D. Milicic, Miodrag Ostojić, Alexander Parkhomenko, M. Popovici, M. Studenkan, Krisztina Tóth, D. Trninic, Zorana Vasiljević, Iļja Zakke, Remigijus Žaliūnas, Raffaele Bugiardini, Viola Vaccarino, Olivia Manfrini, Lina Badimón, N. Manak, Irina Karpova, Mirza Dilić, D. Trninic, Assen Goudev, D. Milicic, Krisztina Tóth, Irfan Daullxhiu, Andrejs Ērglis, Iļja Zakke, Remigijus Žaliūnas, Olivija Gustienė, Saško Kedev, M. Popovici, Božidarka Knežević, S. А. Boytsov, В. В. Гафаров, M. Dorubantu, Zorana Vasiljević, M. Ojstoic, E. Goncalvesova, Martin Studenčan, Alexander Parkhomenko, Alistair S. Hall, Chris P Gale, I. Yu. Karpovа, N. Manak, Mila Lovrić, R. Korac, Dario Mandić, V. Vujovic, M. Blagojevic, J. Milekic, Elina Trendafilova, Desislava Somleva, L. Krivokapic, G. Rajovic, O. Sahmanovic, M. Šaranović, C. Radoman, Slobodan Tomić, V. Ljubic, M. Veličković, Sonja Radojičić, C. Arsenescu-Georfescu, S. Garbea, Carmen Corina Radu, Dan Mircea Olinic, P. Calin, Anthony Chifor, K. Babes, D.-D. lonescu, Elvira Craiu, H. Petrescu, Inga MAGDA, S. Luminita, Imre Benedek, S Marinescu, Nyulas Tiberiu, Gabriela Gheorghe, I. Malaescu, N. Trocan, D. Doina, Cezar Macarie, Biljana Putniković, Aleksandra Arandjelovic, Nataša Marković, Marija Zdravković, J. Saric, S. Radovanović, Ivana Pajić Matić, N. Srbljak, Goran Davidović, Stefan Simović, Saša Živković, S. Petkovic-Curic, Martin Studenčan, Alexander Parkhomenko,

Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases

During the past 10 years, the health of people in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union has undergone changes very different from the health patterns seen in their Western counterparts. Mortality from cardiovascular disease has been decreasing continuously in the USA and many Western European countries, but it has increased or remained unchanged in many of the states of Eastern Europe. Analysis of this phenomenon has been hindered by insufficient information. The International Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes registry study in Transitional Countries (ISACS-TC) is both a retrospective—over a 1-year period—and prospective study which was designed in order to obtain data of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) in countries with economy in transition in Central and Eastern Europe, and herewith control and optimize internationally guideline recommended therapies in these countries. Adhesion to the project was given by 112 Collaborating Centres in 17 countries with economy in transition (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarius, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine). A total of 47 cluster sites in 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe are currently collaborating in ISACS-TC. The registry encourages optimal individualization of evidence-based therapies and the international patient body ensures good representation of multiple practice patterns. It may help to make an additional improvement in clinical outcomes of countries with economy in transition.