Podcast 55: A conversation with Prof. Gilles Montalescot about his JAMA paper on immediate versus delayed intervention in non-ST-segment elevation acu...

French researchers find that in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome, delaying intervention until the next day does not affect the occurrence of death, MI, or the need for urgent revascularization by the one-month mark. We caught up with the study’s first author in Paris.

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This week’s news and interview links:

• Immediate vs. Delayed Intervention in Non-ST-Segment Elevation ACS
• 2009 H1N1 Update: Childhood Deaths; Two-Dose Vaccine Likely; N95 Respirators
• Nonsurgical Treatment for Dupuytren Contracture with Collagenase
• Dabigatran at Least as Effective as Warfarin in Patients with Afib
• Ticagrelor Superior to Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

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