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Early intervention in acute coronary syndrome: is bivalirudin monotherapy an effective antithrombotic strategy?

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boxed-textStone GW et al. (2007) Antithrombotic strategies in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing early invasive management: one-year results from the ACUITY trial. JAMA 298: 2497–2506

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  1. R de Silva is a Senior Lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital and K Fox is Professor of Clinical Cardiology at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.,

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de Silva, R., Fox, K. Early intervention in acute coronary syndrome: is bivalirudin monotherapy an effective antithrombotic strategy?. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 308–309 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1187

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