International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 143, Issue 2 , Pages 147-153 , 20 August 2010

Early abciximab administration before primary percutaneous coronary intervention improves clinical outcome in elderly patients transferred with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Data from the EUROTRANSFER registry

  • Artur Dziewierz

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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  • Zbigniew Siudak

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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  • Tomasz Rakowski

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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  • Michał Chyrchel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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  • Waldemar Mielecki

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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  • Magnus Janzon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Linköping University Hospital, Sweden
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  • Ralf Birkemeyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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  • Ilkka Tierala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Roman M. Wojdyła

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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  • Jacek S. Dubiel

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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  • Dariusz Dudek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kopernika 17 Street, 31-501 Krakow, Poland. Tel.: +48 12 424 71 81; fax: +48 12 424 71 84.

Received 6 August 2008 ,Revised 28 January 2009 ,Accepted 6 February 2009.

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☆ EUROTRANSFER Registry was an academic research project which was supported by a research grant from Eli Lilly and Company, Critical Care Europe, Geneva, Switzerland.

PII: S0167-5273(09)00158-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.02.002

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 143, Issue 2 , Pages 147-153 , 20 August 2010

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