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Appendix: Trial Glossary
Appendix: Trial Glossary
- PACT:
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Plasminogen-activator Angioplasty Compatibility Trial
- PRAGUE:
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PRimary Angioplasty in patients transferred from General community hospitals to specialized PTCA Units with or without Emergency thrombolysis
- GRACIA-2:
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Grupo de Análisis de la CardiopatÃa Isquémica Aguda-2 (Primary versus facilitated PCI [tenecteplase plus stenting] in patients with ST-elevated myocardial infarction)
- ASSENT-4:
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Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Treatment Strategy with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention-4
- ADVANCE MI:
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Addressing the Value of facilitated Angioplasty after Combination Therapy or Eptifibatide monotherapy in acute Myocardial Infarction
- BRAVE:
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Bavarian Reperfusion Alternatives Evaluation Study Investigators
- HEAP:
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Heparin in Early Patency
- On-TIME:
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Ongoing Tirofiban in Myocardial Infarction Evaluation
- ERAMI:
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Early ReoPro Administration in Myocardial Infarction
- TIGER-PA:
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Tirofiban Given in the Emergency Room before Primary Angioplasty
- INTAMI:
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Integrilin in Acute Myocardial Infarction
- TIMI:
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Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction
- TITAN:
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Time to Integrilin Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction
- RELAx-AMI:
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Randomized Early Versus Late Abciximab in Acute Myocardial Infarction
- FINESSE:
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Facilitated Intervention with Enhanced Reperfusion Speed to Stop Events
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Diamantouros, P., Lim, I.H. (2009). Facilitated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. In: Tcheng, J. (eds) Primary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-497-5_8
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