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Low cardiac mortality with bivalirudin beyond the reduction in major bleeding

Original title: Reduction in Cardiac Mortality with Bivalirudin in Patients With and Without Major Bleeding: The HORIZONS-AMI Trial. Reference: Gregg...

Infarct size reduction to 30 days could result in clinical benefit at one year

Original title: Intralesional abciximab and thrombus aspiration in patients with large anterior myocardial infarction: One-year results from the...

The radial approach for PCI reduces mortality

Original title: Radial Versus Femoral Access for Primary Percutaneous Interventions in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients. A Meta-Analysis...

Ticagrelor effective in venous bridges

Original title: Effect of ticagrelor on the outcomes of patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafo surgery: Inssights...

Primary angioplasty , a race against time

Original title: Door-to-Balloon Time and Mortality among Patients Undergoing Primary PCI. Reference: Daniel S. Menees et al. N Engl J...

Ticagrelor reduces in-stent thrombosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Original title: Stent thrombosis with ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes: An analysis from the...

Thromboaspiration in AMI, without benefit to 30 days.

Original title: Thrombus Aspiration during ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. TASTE trial. Reference: Ole Fröbert et al. N Engl J Med...

Complete revascularization in acute myocardial infarction. 1 culprit lesion , then all the others

Original title: Randomized Trial of Preventive Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PRAMI trial). Referencia: David S. Wald et al. N Engl...