Angioplasty Summit 2004 > Syllabus

"Routine invasive" versus "selective invasive" approaches to non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes management in the post-stent/platelet inhibition era.
Introduction to "Optimizing management of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes". Harmonizing advances in mechanical and pharmacologic intervention.
Association of the PURSUIT risk score with predischarge ejection fraction, angiographic severity of coronary artery disease, and mortality in a nonselected, community-based population with non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction.
Small molecule glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors as upstream therapy in acute coronary syndromes: insights from the TACTICS TIMI-18 trial.
Triple antiplatelet therapy during percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with improved outcomes including one-year survival: results from the Do Tirofiban and ReoProGive Similar Efficacy Outcome Trial (TARGET).
Acute release of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction predicts mortality.
Anti-inflammatory effect of atorvastatin (80 mg) in unstable angina pectoris and non-Q-wave acute myocardial infarction.
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in the setting of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
Randomized evaluation of the safety and efficacy of enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin in high-risk patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes receiving the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor eptifibatide.
Impact of preprocedural white blood cell count on long term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the EPIC, EPILOG, and EPISTENT trials.
Silicon carbide-coated stents in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Serum level of the antiinflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 is an important prognostic determinant in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
Soluble CD40 ligand in acute coronary syndromes.
Effect of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor blockade with tirofiban on adverse cardiac events in women with unstable angina/non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (PRISM-PLUS Study).
Associations between ST depression, four year mortality, and in-hospital revascularisation in unselected patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes.
Troponin and C-reactive protein have different relations to subsequent mortality and myocardial infarction after acute coronary syndrome: a GUSTO-IV substudy.
Troponin T and quantitative ST-segment depression offer complementary prognostic information in the risk stratification of acute coronary syndrome patients.
Impact of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein on predicting long-term mortality of acute myocardial infarction.
High-dose atorvastatin enhances the decline in inflammatory markers in patients with acute coronary syndromes in the MIRACL study.
Detecting acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
Circulating pregnancy-associated plasma protein a predicts outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome but no troponin I elevation.
Parasympathetic failure and risk of subsequent coronary events in unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
Effect of rosiglitazone treatment on soluble CD40L in patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.
"Ischemia-guided" versus "early invasive" strategies in the management of acute coronary syndrome/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the interventionalist's perspective.
Prediction of Recurrent Events by D-Dimer and Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Normal Cardiac Troponin I (PREDICT) Study.
Pharmacologic plaque passivation for the reduction of recurrent cardiac events in acute coronary syndromes.
Comparison of effects on markers of blood cell activation of enoxaparin, dalteparin, and unfractionated heparin in patients with unstable angina pectoris or non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (the ARMADA study).
Predictors of 90-day outcome in patients stabilized after acute coronary syndromes.
Troponin: an important prognostic marker and risk-stratification tool in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.
Pathobiology, not angiography, should guide management in acute coronary syndrome/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the non-interventionist's perspective.
Long-term results after the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor abciximab in unstable angina: one-year survival in the GUSTO IV-ACS (Global Use of Strategies To Open Occluded Coronary Arteries IV--Acute Coronary Syndrome) Trial.
Effects of aspirin dose when used alone or in combination with clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes: observations from the Clopidogrel in Unstable angina to prevent Recurrent Events (CURE) study.
Early use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction: observations from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 4.
Stenting of culprit lesions in unstable angina leads to a marked reduction in plaque burden: a major role of plaque embolization? A serial intravascular ultrasound study.
Prognostic value of isolated troponin elevation across the spectrum of chest pain syndromes.
Validity of a simple ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction risk index: are randomized trial prognostic estimates generalizable to elderly patients?
Angiographic variables predict increased risk for adverse ischemic events after coronary stenting with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition: results from the TARGET trial.
The thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score in unstable angina/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
C-reactive protein and lesion morphology in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Ischemia modified albumin is a sensitive marker of myocardial ischemia after percutaneous coronary intervention.
Frequency of stent thrombosis after acute coronary syndromes (from the SYMPHONY and 2nd SYMPHONY trials).
A guide to therapeutic decision-making in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.
Temporal increases in plasma markers of oxidized low-density lipoprotein strongly reflect the presence of acute coronary syndromes.
A comparison of two invasive strategies in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes: results of the Early or Late Intervention in unStable Angina (ELISA) pilot study. 2b/3a upstream therapy and acute coronary syndromes.
Soluble CD40L: risk prediction after acute coronary syndromes.
Anti-platelet factor 4/heparin antibodies: an independent predictor of 30-day myocardial infarction after acute coronary ischemic syndromes.
Renal function and risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes.
Reduction of major adverse cardiac events with intracoronary compared with intravenous bolus application of abciximab in patients with acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina undergoing coronary angioplasty.
Body mass index: a risk factor for unstable angina and myocardial infarction in patients with angiographically confirmed coronary artery disease.
Early and late effects of clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
Flu vaccination in acute coronary syndromes and planned percutaneous coronary interventions (FLUVACS) Study.
Prognostic value of placental growth factor in patients with acute chest pain.