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Frans Van de Werf

Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Publications -  8
Citations -  1644

Frans Van de Werf is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Streptokinase & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications receiving 1625 citations. Previous affiliations of Frans Van de Werf include University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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Stroke After Thrombolysis Mortality and Functional Outcomes in the GUSTO-I Trial

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the incidence, timing, and outcomes of stroke in an international trial and found that 1.4% of the patients had a stroke (93% anatomic documentation) and the risk ranged from 1.19% with streptokinase/subcutaneous heparin therapy to 1.64% with combination thrombolytic therapy.
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Variations in Patient Management and Outcomes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States and Other Countries: Results From the GUSTO Trial

TL;DR: No significant evidence for a differentially greater benefit of accelerated rt-PA over streptokinase was found in US vs non-US patients, however, increased procedure and treatment use in the United States was associated with only a small decrease in short-term mortality.
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Confronting the issues of patient safety and investigator conflict of interest in an international clinical trial of myocardial reperfusion

TL;DR: The GUSTO trial is a large scale international trial of new myocardial reperfusion strategies and a strategy was developed to provide assurance of patient safety during large scale investigational use of an aggressive thrombolytic regimen to facilitate the design of future large scale randomized trials in cardiovascular medicine.