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The effect of optimal medical therapy on 1-year mortality after acute myocardial infarction

Peter Bramlage, C. Messer, Norman Bitterlich, C. Pohlmann, Alessandro Cuneo, E. Stammwitz, Jürgen Tebbenjohanns, H. Gohlke, Jochen Senges, Ulrich Tebbe

Heart · 2010 · 116 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

OMT over 1 year was associated with a significantly lower mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction in clinical practice. However OMT is provided to less than half of eligible patients leaving room for substantial improvement.

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MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin in 20 536 high-risk individuals: a randomised placebocontrolled trial

The Lancet · 2002 · 7K citations

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Prasugrel versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

Stephen D. Wiviott, Eugene Braunwald, Carolyn H. McCabe et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 6.7K citations · Full text

ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina and Non–ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary and Recommendations

Eugene Braunwald, Elliott M. Antman, John W. Beasley et al. · Circulation · 2000 · 4.5K citations · Full text

Randomised trial of losartan versus captopril in patients over 65 with heart failure (Evaluation of Losartan in the Elderly Study, ELITE)

Bertram Pitt, Robert Segal, Felipe A Martinez et al. · The Lancet · 1997 · 1.7K citations

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Prediction of risk of death and myocardial infarction in the six months after presentation with acute coronary syndrome: prospective multinational observational study (GRACE)

Keith A.A. Fox, Omar Dabbous, Robert J. Goldberg et al. · BMJ · 2006 · 1.6K citations · Full text