Pexelizumab for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: A randomized controlled trial
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A randomized controlled trial is used to evaluate the effectiveness of pexelizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds the C5 component of complement, as an adjunct to percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention (PCI) in improving 30-day mortality from ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The results have shown that the clinical trials of patients treated with primary PCI for STEMI mortality was low and unaffected by adminstration of pexelizumab.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2007
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Relationship of incorrect dosing of fibrinolytic therapy and clinical outcomes
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An attempt is made to determine whether the association between incorrect dosing of altepase and adverse outcomes is related to cause and effect or to confounding. Results revealed that relationship between incorrect dosing and patient outcome in ASSENT-2 is primarily due to confounding factors rather than incorrect dosing itself.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2005
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