Comparison of Early Invasive and Conservative Strategies in Patients with Unstable Coronary Syndromes Treated with the Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitor...

Abstract

In patients with unstable angina and myocardial infarction without ST-segment elevation who were treated with the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor tirofiban, the use of an early invasive strategy significantly reduced the incidence of major cardiac events. These data support a policy involving broader use of the early inhibition of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa in combination with an early invasive strategy in such patients.

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TirofibanMedicineCardiologyInternal medicineAcute coronary syndromePercutaneous coronary interventionMyocardial infarction

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 344
Issue: 25
Pages: 1879-1887
Citations: 2101
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                                    Christopher P. Cannon, 
                                
                                    William S. Weintraub, 
                                
                                    Laura A. Demopoulos
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Comparison of Early Invasive and Conservative Strategies in Patients with Unstable Coronary Syndromes Treated with the Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitor Tirofiban. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 344
                            (25)
                            , 1879-1887.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200106213442501
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm200106213442501