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- in Cardiovascular
- — 15 Apr, 2008
Remove Thrombus Before Primary Angioplasty!
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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- in Cardiovascular
- — 6 Apr, 2008
Routine Angioplasty Recommended After Thrombolysis

Warren Cantor

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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- in Cardiovascular
- — 5 Sep, 2007
Looking for Atherosclerosis in the Legs Could Save Lives

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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- in Cardiovascular
- — 26 Mar, 2007
Increased Use of Recommended Drugs Explains Improved Trends in Prognosis after Myocardial Infarction

Soko Setoguchi

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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in Cardiovascular
— 16 Nov, 2006

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

Judith Hochman

Timothy Gardner

Girish Mood

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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in Cardiovascular
— 5 Sep, 2006

Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: September 5th 2006

Shamir Mehta

Keith Fox

Petr Widimsky

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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- in ACC 2006
- — 29 Mar, 2006
Do Blood Transfusions Increase Mortality Risk in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction?
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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- in ACC 2006
- — 14 Mar, 2006
Pexelizumab Reduces Mortality in High Risk Coronary Artery By-Pass Patients
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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- in General Medicine
- — 24 Feb, 2006
Lytic Therapy Does Not Facilitate PCI
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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- in General Medicine
- — 14 Feb, 2006
Angioplasty: Best for Rescue After Failed Thrombolysis
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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- 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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- in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
- — 17 Nov, 2005
NSAIDs Raise Death Risk post-MI

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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