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Net clinical benefit of bivalirudin in STEMI patients

Original title: Bivalirudin Versus Heparin With or Without Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Patients With STEMI Undergoing Primary Percutaneous...

Never ending controversy over the duration of post DES dual antiplatelet therapy

Original title: Second Generation Drug-Eluting Stents Implantation Followed by Six Versus Twelve-Month - Dual Antiplatelet Therapy- The SECURITY...

Risks and benefits of Dual Antiplatelet beyond the year of a drug-eluting stent

Original title: Twelve or 30 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after Drug-Eluting Stents. Reference: Laura Mauri et al....

Thienopyridine Pretreatment in Non ST Elevation ACS syndrome

Original title: Reappraisal of thienopyridine pretreatment in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and...

Greater platelet reactivity in diabetic patients receiving DES and clopidogrel

Original title: Impact of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome on acute and chronic on-clopidogrel platelet reactivity in patients...

Resistance to Aspirin Associated to Greater Risk of In-Stent Thrombosis and Death

Original title: Aspirin Treatment and Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary InterventionResults of the ISAR-ASPI Registry. Reference: Katharina Mayer et al. J...

Less Bleeding at the Expense of a Higher Risk of Acute Thrombosis with Bivalirudin

Original title: Bivalirudin versus heparin in patients treated with percutaneous coronary Intervention: a meta-analysis of randomised trials. Reference: Salvatore Cassese...

Best ejection fraction using Metoprolol as pretreatment in acute myocardial infarction

Original title: Long-Term Benefict of Early Pre-Reperfusion Metoprolol Administraction in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infaction. From the METOCARD-CNIC...