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2010 Jan 14 – Lancet Comment: Ticagrelor in ACS: redefining a new standard of care?

Gregg W Stone. The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 14 January 2010
Tremendous progress has been achieved over the past decade in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes (ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction [STEMI ] , non-STEMI [NSTEMI ] , and unstable angina). 


In STEMI, primary percutaneous coronary intervention compared with fibrinolytic therapy reduces mortality, reinfarction, stroke, infarct size, and recurrent ischaemia. 1 In moderate-risk and high-risk patients with NSTEMI, early angiography followed by revascularisation with either percutaneous coronar …

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