From the journals, September–October 2005

[摘要] 1095 Scanning the specialist cardiology journals and the general medical ones, no week goes by without at least one new paper on immediate percutaneous intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndromes. Here's one from the Netherlands; the Eur Heart J (26: 1956) has one from Leipzig, and Heart (91: 1284,1330) has one from both Arezzo and Middlesbrough. Each has a slightly different twist, and two carry the message that immediate PCI has no significant benefit over delayed PCI after thrombolyis in real-life settings. However, Leipzig, Arezzo and the three RITA trials (Lancet 366: 914) suggest otherwise. Meanwhile, JAMA (294: 1224) demonstrates that all these PCI patients should have clopidogrel too.

[学科分类] 卫生学