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EVA-AMI: Eptifibatide Equal to Abciximab for STEMI Patients Undergoing PCI
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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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Obesity Can Be "Metabolically Benign"
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Being obese does not always mean that a patient has other risk factors for heart disease, 2 studies show; it all depends on where the excess fat is stored, with liver fat having the worst profile. Medscape Medical News
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