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EVA-AMI: Eptifibatide Equal to Abciximab for STEMI Patients Undergoing PCI
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Title EVA-AMI: Eptifibatide Equal to Abciximab for STEMI Patients Undergoing PCI
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/565326?src=rss
Description The results will be reassuring to cath labs already substituting the cheaper GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor in STEMI patients, but at least one expert believes proof of equivalence for two GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors does not answer the question of whether these agents should be widely in use for STEMI patients. Heartwire
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Date Nov 6, 2007
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