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ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction).

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Elliott M. Antman,MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair; Daniel T. Anbe, MD, F ACC,FAHA; Paul Wayne Armstrong, MD; Eric R. Bates; Lee A. Green; Mary Hand; Judith S. Kushner; and Sidney C. Sloan.
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This article is published in Canadian Journal of Cardiology.The article was published on 2004-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7134 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Guideline.

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Inter-Society Consensus for the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease (TASC II)

TL;DR: The goals of this new consensus are to provide an abbreviated document to focus on key aspects of diagnosis and management, and to update the information based on new publications and the newer guidelines, but not to add an extensive list of references.
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Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

TL;DR: In patients who have an acute coronary syndrome with or without ST-segment elevation, treatment with ticagrelor as compared with clopidogrel significantly reduced the rate of death from vascular causes, myocardial infarction, or stroke without an increase in the rates of overall major bleeding but with an increase of non-procedure-related bleeding.
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Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women: Principal results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

TL;DR: Overall health risks exceeded benefits from use of combined estrogen plus progestin for an average 5.2-year follow-up among healthy postmenopausal US women, and the results indicate that this regimen should not be initiated or continued for primary prevention of CHD.
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The effect of spironolactone on morbidity and mortality in patients with severe heart failure. Randomized Aldactone Evaluation Study Investigators.

TL;DR: Blockade of aldosterone receptors by spironolactone, in addition to standard therapy, substantially reduces the risk of both morbidity and death among patients with severe heart failure.
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