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Pretreatment of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with heparin: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2024-01-25 cardiovascular medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundUnfractionated heparin (UFH) is frequently administered before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, current guidelines do not provide clear recommendations for UFH pretreatment before arrival at the coronary catheterisation laboratory. MethodsBetween June and July 2023, we systematically searched PubMed, Embase and Cochrane databases for studies comparing UFH pretreatments in patients with STEMI. A rando...

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