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Derek P. Chew

Researcher at Flinders University

Publications -  393
Citations -  21169

Derek P. Chew is an academic researcher from Flinders University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myocardial infarction & Acute coronary syndrome. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 342 publications receiving 18879 citations. Previous affiliations of Derek P. Chew include Flinders Medical Centre & Auckland City Hospital.

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Defining the Optimal Activated Clotting Time During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Aggregate Results From 6 Randomized, Controlled Trials

TL;DR: In this paper, the optimal suppression of ischemic events with unfractionated heparin therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention demands treatment to ACT levels that are substantially higher than currently appreciated.
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Death Following Creatine Kinase-MB Elevation After Coronary Intervention Identification of an Early Risk Period: Importance of Creatine Kinase-MB Level, Completeness of Revascularization, Ventricular Function, and Probable Benefit of Statin Therapy

TL;DR: Patients with CK-MB elevation after PCI are at excess risk of death for 3 to 4 months, although prolonging hospitalization for CK- MB 1 to 5× is unlikely to modify risk, and several factors suggest that inflammation may play a part in the excessrisk of death.
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Relation of inflammation and benefit of statins after percutaneous coronary interventions.

TL;DR: Statin therapy before PCI is associated with a marked reduction in mortality among patients with high hsCRP levels and an improved targeting of statin therapy and clinical outcome among patients undergoing PCI is recommended.