Background Drug-eluting stents (DES) are associated with lower restenosis rates than bare-metal
stents (BMS), but the benefits and safety of the new devices have not been …

Purpose: Congestive heart failure is an important cause of patient morbidity and mortality.
Although several randomized clinical trials have compared β-blockers with placebo for …

Healthcare workers regularly face the risk of violent physical, sexual, and verbal assault
from their patients. To explore this phenomenon, a collaborative descriptive qualitative study …

Objective To characterise the determinants, time course, and risks of acute myocardial
infarction associated with use of oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Design …

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to determine if statins (hydroxymethylglutaryl
CoA reductase inhibitors [HMG-CoA]), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, and …

Some authors argue that systematic reviews and meta-analyses of intervention studies
should include only randomized controlled trials because the randomized controlled trial is a …

Background: Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs (eg, warfarin, clopidogrel and acetylsalicylic
acid) are key therapeutic agents in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. However, …

Conventional nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are associated with acute renal
failure, but cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors have not been comparatively evaluated. The …

Context Guidelines emphasize the importance of rapid reperfusion of patients with ST-elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI) and specify a maximum delay of 30 minutes for fibrinolysis …

Background: Coronary stents are widely used in interventional cardiology, but a current
quantitative systematic overview comparing routine coronary stenting with standard …