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Rivaroxaban with or without aspirin in patients with stable coronary artery disease: an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Publication date: Available online 10 November 2017 Source:The Lancet Author(s): Stuart J Connolly, John W Eikelboom, Jackie Bosch, Gilles Dagenais, Leanne Dyal, Fernando Lanas, Kaj Metsarinne, Martin O'Donnell, Anthony L Dans, Jong-Won Ha, Alexandr N Parkhomenko, Alvaro A Avezum, Eva Lonn, Liu Lisheng, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Petr Widimsky, Aldo P Maggioni, Camilo Felix, Katalin Keltai, Masatsugu Hori, Khalid Yusoff, Tomasz J Guzik, Deepak L Bhatt, Kelley R H Branch, Nancy Cook Bruns, Scott D Berkowitz, Sonia S Anand, John D Varigos, Keith A A Fox, Salim Yusuf Background Coronary artery disease is a major cause of morbi...
Source: The Lancet - November 11, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Drug-eluting stents in elderly patients with coronary artery disease (SENIOR): a randomised single-blind trial
Publication date: Available online 1 November 2017 Source:The Lancet Author(s): Olivier Varenne, Stéphane Cook, Georgios Sideris, Sasko Kedev, Thomas Cuisset, Didier Carrié, Thomas Hovasse, Philippe Garot, Rami El Mahmoud, Christian Spaulding, Gérard Helft, José F Diaz Fernandez, Salvatore Brugaletta, Eduardo Pinar-Bermudez, Josepa Mauri Ferre, Philippe Commeau, Emmanuel Teiger, Kris Bogaerts, Manel Sabate, Marie-Claude Morice, Peter R Sinnaeve Background Elderly patients regularly receive bare-metal stents (BMS) instead of drug-eluting stents (DES) to shorten the duration of double antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). The ai...
Source: The Lancet - November 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Percutaneous coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass grafting in treatment of unprotected left main stenosis (NOBLE): a prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial
Publication date: Available online 31 October 2016 Source:The Lancet Author(s): Timo Mäkikallio, Niels R Holm, Mitchell Lindsay, Mark S Spence, Andrejs Erglis, Ian B A Menown, Thor Trovik, Markku Eskola, Hannu Romppanen, Thomas Kellerth, Jan Ravkilde, Lisette O Jensen, Gintaras Kalinauskas, Rikard B A Linder, Markku Pentikainen, Anders Hervold, Adrian Banning, Azfar Zaman, Jamen Cotton, Erlend Eriksen, Sulev Margus, Henrik T Sørensen, Per H Nielsen, Matti Niemelä, Kari Kervinen, Jens F Lassen, Michael Maeng, Keith Oldroyd, Geoff Berg, Simon J Walsh, Colm G Hanratty, Indulis Kumsars, Peteris Stradins, Terje K Steigen, O...
Source: The Lancet - October 31, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Invasive versus conservative strategy in patients aged 80 years or older with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris (After Eighty study): an open-label randomised controlled trial
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01255540. Findings During a median follow-up of 1·53 years of participants recruited between Dec 10, 2010, and Feb 21, 2014, the primary outcome occurred in 93 (40·6%) of 229 patients assigned to the invasive group and 140 (61·4%) of 228 patients assigned to the conservative group (hazard ratio [HR] 0·53 [95% CI 0·41–0·69], p=0·0001). Five patients dropped out of the invasive group and one from the conservative group. HRs for the four components of the primary composite endpoint were 0·52 (0·35–0·76; p=0·0010) for myocardial infarction, 0·19 (0·0...
Source: The Lancet - January 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial
Publication date: Available online 16 March 2015 Source:The Lancet Author(s): Marco Valgimigli , Andrea Gagnor , Paolo Calabró , Enrico Frigoli , Sergio Leonardi , Tiziana Zaro , Paolo Rubartelli , Carlo Briguori , Giuseppe Andò , Alessandra Repetto , Ugo Limbruno , Bernardo Cortese , Paolo Sganzerla , Alessandro Lupi , Mario Galli , Salvatore Colangelo , Salvatore Ierna , Arturo Ausiello , Patrizia Presbitero , Gennaro Sardella , Ferdinando Varbella , Giovanni Esposito , Andrea Santarelli , Simone Tresoldi , Marco Nazzaro , Antonio Zingarelli , Nicoletta de Cesare , Stefano Rigattieri , Paolo Tosi , Cataldo Palmieri ,...
Source: The Lancet - March 17, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research