Enoxaparin versus Unfractionated Heparin with Fibrinolysis for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

M. Antman, Elliott; A. Morrow, David; H. McCabe, Carolyn; A. Murphy, Sabina; Ruda, Mikhail; Sadowski, Zygmunt; Budaj, Andrzej; López‐Sendón, José; Güneri, Sema; Jiang, Frank; D. White, Harvey; A.A. Fox, Keith; Braunwald, Eugene

doi:10.1056/nejmoa060898

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Enoxaparin versus Unfractionated Heparin with Fibrinolysis for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 15, 2006

Authors:

Elliott M. Antman

David A. Morrow

Carolyn H. McCabe

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Unfractionated heparin is often used as adjunctive therapy with fibrinolysis in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. We compared a low-molecular-weight heparin, enoxaparin, with unfractionated heparin for this purpose. METHODS: We randomly assigned 20,506 patients with ST-el...

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Medicine

Fibrinolysis

Heparin

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