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  • Remove Thrombus Before Primary Angioplasty!
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 15 Apr, 2008

    Remove Thrombus Before Primary Angioplasty!

    Felix Zijlstra
    Felix Zijlstra

    Felix Zijlstra, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
    Thrombus aspiration before percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction has multiple benefits, according to data from the 1000-patient TAPAS study presented at the ACC meeting. Senior investigator Felix
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    Routine Angioplasty Recommended After Thrombolysis
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 6 Apr, 2008

    Routine Angioplasty Recommended After Thrombolysis

    Warren Cantor
    Warren Cantor
    Tony Gershlick
    Tony Gershlick

    REFERENCE: Abstract 2404-3 SCAI-ACCi2 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials II: Acute Myocardial Infarction
    Warren Cantor, University of Toronto
    COMMENT: Tony Gershlick, Leicester University

    A new study has shown important gains from adding angioplasty routinely to therapy for all
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  • Looking for Atherosclerosis in the Legs Could Save Lives
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 5 Sep, 2007

    Looking for Atherosclerosis in the Legs Could Save Lives

    Curt Diehm
    Curt Diehm

    REFERENCE: European Society of Cardiology Congress, 2007, 1-5 September, Vienna, Austria
    CURT DIEHM, University of Heidelberg
    Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) can be diagnosed easily by a test using the ankle brachial index (ABI) and its presence can indicate
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    Increased Use of Recommended Drugs Explains Improved Trends in Prognosis after Myocardial Infarction
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 26 Mar, 2007

    Increased Use of Recommended Drugs Explains Improved Trends in Prognosis after Myocardial Infarction

    Soko Setoguchi
    Soko Setoguchi

    Douglas Zipes
    Douglas Zipes

    SOKO SETOGUCHI, Brigham And Women’s Hospital, Boston
    COMMENT: DOUGLAS ZIPES, University of Indiana, Indianapolis

    REFERENCE: Abstract 1018-148, American College of Cardiology New Orleans
    The increased adherence to recommendations and guidelines for drug therapy after myocardial infarction
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  • Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: reporting from American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, November 12-15, 2006
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 16 Nov, 2006

    Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: reporting from American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, November 12-15, 2006

    Judith Hochman
    Judith Hochman
    Timothy Gardner
    Timothy Gardner
    Girish Mood
    Girish Mood
    Marc Cohen
    Marc Cohen

    Late Opening of Total Occlusion: No Benefit from PCI for Patients with STEMI

    REFERENCE: LBCT II News Conference November 14th 2006
    JUDITH HOCHMAN, New York University School of Medicine
    COMMENT: TIMOTHY GARDNER,

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    Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: September 5th 2006
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 5 Sep, 2006

    Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: September 5th 2006

    Shamir Mehta
    Shamir Mehta
    Keith Fox
    Keith Fox
    Petr Widimsky
    Petr Widimsky
    Gerrit Veen
    Gerrit Veen

    OASIS 5 & 6: Fondaparinux Anticoagulation: Benefit on Mortality, Events and Bleeding in Acute Coronary Syndromes and ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    REFERENCE: Abstract 1745
    Shamir Mehta, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    Results in over

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  • Do Blood Transfusions Increase Mortality Risk in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction?
    • in ACC 2006
    • — 29 Mar, 2006

    Do Blood Transfusions Increase Mortality Risk in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction?

    Vivek Rajagopal
    Vivek Rajagopal, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH
    American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta. Abstract Number: 973-234
    Patients admitted with ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction should not routinely be given blood transfusions according to the findings of
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    Pexelizumab Reduces Mortality in High Risk Coronary Artery By-Pass Patients
    • in ACC 2006
    • — 14 Mar, 2006

    Pexelizumab Reduces Mortality in High Risk Coronary Artery By-Pass Patients

    Peter Smith
    Peter Smith, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    Late Breaking Clinical Trials, ACC Atlanta 2006, Sunday 12th March 2006
    The drug pexelizumab, targeting inflammation, reduced the risk of death among patients about to have coronary artery by-pass grafting in the
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  • Lytic Therapy Does Not Facilitate PCI
    • in General Medicine
    • — 24 Feb, 2006

    Lytic Therapy Does Not Facilitate PCI

    Frans Van de Werf

    Frans Van de Werf, University of Leuven
    Abstract Lancet 367:569-578
    Results from a new study just published in the Lancet look into the role of facilitated PCI in patients with ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction. The ASSENT-4PCI study suggests that …

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    Angioplasty: Best for Rescue After Failed Thrombolysis
    • in General Medicine
    • — 14 Feb, 2006

    Angioplasty: Best for Rescue After Failed Thrombolysis

    Anthony Gershlick

    Anthony H. Gershlick, Leicester University
    Abstract: N Engl J Med 2005; 353:2758
    If your patient with myocardial infarction has been treated with thrombolysis as primary therapy, and if reperfusion is not successful, it is more effective to use percutaneous …

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  • Primary PCI: Better in the Real World, Too
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Primary PCI: Better in the Real World, Too

    Primary angioplasty after a myocardial infarction is also better than thrombolysis in a real world setting: though up to two hours after the infarction the two methods are equivalent, according to Swedish findings from a study of 21 000 patients. …

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    NSAIDs Raise Death Risk post-MI
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    NSAIDs Raise Death Risk post-MI

    Gunnar Gislason
    Gunnar Gislason

    As the dust continues to settle on the Vioxx issue, there is naturally a desire to look further at potential cardiovascular risks associated with COX-2 inhibitors and, indeed, other non-steroidal anti-inflammatories. Gunnar Gislason from Bispebjerg University Hospital has …

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