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Article: Multiple Types of Heart Attacks Reduced by Prasugrel in TRITON-TIMI 38 Trial.

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May 21, 2009
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Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction provided jointly by leading international cardiology societies

TOKYO and INDIANAPOLIS, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Investigators from the Phase III TRITON-TIMI 38 study applied the new classification system for the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction to the results of the study and showed that patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and taking prasugrel, as compared with patients taking clopidogrel (Plavix(R)/Iscover(R)), experienced reduced risk of heart attack regardless of heart-attack type (procedural related or spontaneous), size or timing ... 







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