The term acute coronary syndrome (ACS) refers to any group of clinical symptoms
compatible with acute myocardial ischemia and includes unstable angina (UA), non—ST …

Late-breaking clinical trials presented at the 2005 and 2006 annual scientific meetings of the
ACC, AHA, and European Society of Cardiology, as well as selected other data, were …

Interventions. Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the
American College of Cardiology (www. acc. org), American Heart Association (my …

Aims Adjunctive thrombectomy and embolic protection devices in acute myocardial
infarction have been extensively studied, although outcomes have mainly focused on …

Objectives: To evaluate the longer-term outcomes for rescue percutaneous coronary
intervention (R-PCI). Background: Thrombolysis remains an important, commonly used …

Recently, percutaneous coronary intervention has been the treatment of choice in most
acute myocardial infarction cases. Although the results of percutaneous coronary …

Background and Objectives We have intended to investigate the influence of the timing of
invasive procedures on all-cause mortality, recurrent myocardial infarction (MI), re …

We are honored to provide readers of the Journal with this review of major scientific work
published in the field of interventional cardiology in 2008. In addition, we have included late …

Aim To compare the management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients presenting to
interventional versus non-interventional New Zealand hospitals, with emphasis, on access …

BACKGROUND: Early (30 days) and midterm (6 months) clinical outcomes in trials
comparing rescue angioplasty (rescue percutaneous coronary intervention [rPCI]) with …