Eckhard Alt

TL;DR: Combined antiplatelet therapy after the placement of coronary-artery stents reduces the incidence of both cardiac events and hemorrhagic and vascular complications as compared with conventional anticoagulant therapy.

TL;DR: Abciximab had important effects beyond the maintenance of large-vessel patency and concomitantly enhanced the recovery of contractile function in the area at risk of acute myocardial infarction.

TL;DR: In this article, a vascular or endoluminal stent is adapted for deployment in a vessel or tract of a patient to maintain an open lumen therein, which includes a biocompatible metal hollow tube constituting a base layer having a multiplicity of openings through an open-ended tubular wall thereof, and a thin, tightly adherent intermediate layer of noble metal overlying the entire exposed surface area of the tube including edges of the openings as well as exterior and interior surfaces and ends of the wall.

TL;DR: This is the first study to show that not only bone marrow-derived cells but also ADSCs engrafted in the infarct region 4 weeks after intracoronary cell transplantation and improved cardiac function and perfusion via angiogenesis.

TL;DR: In this paper, a method for coating a biomaterial to be placed in contact with a patient's blood flow to inhibit blood coagulation from adhering to the biomaterial that would otherwise result from such contact is disclosed.