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Article: Adenosine reduces heart attack damage.
- Article from:
- Cost Management in Cardiac Care
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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Adenosine reduces heart attack damage
Study findings indicate the drug adenosine, when used in conjunction with clot busters to treat a heart attack, significantly reduces perma-nent damage to heart tissue. The area of infarct may be reduced by as much as an additional 67% over clot busters alone.
The findings were presented at the American Heart Associations 71st scientific sessions in Dallas last fall.
The results of the phase II trial, which involved 236 patients at 30 sites, show that ...