Bloqueo de la integrina de la glicoproteína plaquetaria IIb/IIIa con eptifibatida en la intervención de stent

J C O'Shea1, G E Hafley, S Greenberg

  • 1Duke Clinical Research Institute, PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27705, USA.

JAMA
|May 23, 2001
PubMed
Resumen

La terapia con eptifibatida administrada durante la implantación de un stent coronario redujo significativamente el riesgo de muerte o ataque cardíaco en 6 meses. Estos beneficios, observados temprano, se mantuvieron durante todo el período de seguimiento de 6 meses.

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