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Clopidogrel pre-treatment in stable angina: for all patients >6 h before elective coronary angiography or only for angiographically selected patients a few minutes before PCI? A randomized multicentre trial PRAGUE-8 by Petr Widimský, Zuzana Motovská, Stanislav Šimek, Petr Kala, Radek Pudil, František Holm, Robert Petr, Dana Bílková, Hana Skalická, Petr Kuchynka, Martin Poloczek, Roman Miklík, Marek Malý, and Michael Aschermann EHJ Volume 29(12):1495-1503 June 14, 2008 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: [email protected]

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Clopidogrel pre-treatment in stable angina: for all patients >6 h before elective coronary angiography or only for

angiographically selected patients a few minutes before PCI? A randomized multicentre trial PRAGUE-8

by Petr Widimský, Zuzana Motovská, Stanislav Šimek, Petr Kala, Radek Pudil, František Holm, Robert Petr, Dana Bílková, Hana Skalická, Petr Kuchynka, Martin

Poloczek, Roman Miklík, Marek Malý, and Michael Aschermann

EHJVolume 29(12):1495-1503

June 14, 2008

Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: [email protected]

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Study patients and the treatment used.

Petr Widimský et al. Eur Heart J 2008;29:1495-1503

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Periprocedural troponin elevation (>3× ULN, per cent of patients).

Petr Widimský et al. Eur Heart J 2008;29:1495-1503

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Bleeding complications (major+minor, in per cent) among all study patients and among PCI patients only.

Petr Widimský et al. Eur Heart J 2008;29:1495-1503

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