Recent Advances in the Treatment of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Table 1

Top ten advances in STEMI therapy.

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Positive advances

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Drug-eluting stents [42–45]

Potent oral antiplatelet agents [46, 47]

Bivalirudin [48]

Manual thrombus aspiration [49, 50]

Transradial intervention [51–54]

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Negative findings

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OAT trial [55]

CRISP AMI trial [56]

Stem cell therapy [57]

Distal protection [58]

Mechanical thrombectomy [59]

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