Journal article
Clinical effects of anticoagulant therapy in suspected acute myocardial infarction: systematic overview of randomised trials
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Most randomised trials of anticoagulant therapy for suspected acute myocardial infarction have been small and, in some, aspirin and fibrinolytic therapy were not used routinely. A systematic overview (meta-analysis) of their results is needed, in particular to assess the clinical effects of adding heparin to aspirin.
DESIGN: Computer aided searches, scrutiny of reference lists, and inquiry of investigators and companies were used to …
Authors
Collins R; MacMahon S; Flather M; Baigent C; Remvig L; Mortensen S; Appleby P; Godwin J; Yusuf S; Peto R
Journal
The BMJ, Vol. 313, No. 7058,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
September 14, 1996
DOI
10.1136/bmj.313.7058.652
ISSN
0959-8138