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SUBMITTER: Feinberg J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6483499 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feinberg Joshua J Nielsen Emil Eik EE Greenhalgh Janette J Hounsome Juliet J Sethi Naqash J NJ Safi Sanam S Gluud Christian C Jakobsen Janus C JC
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20170823
<h4>Background</h4>Approximately 3.7 million people died from acute coronary syndrome worldwide in 2012. Acute coronary syndrome, also known as myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris, is caused by a sudden blockage of the blood supplied to the heart muscle. Percutaneous coronary intervention is often used for acute coronary syndrome, but previous systematic reviews on the effects of drug-eluting stents compared with bare-metal stents have shown conflicting results with regard to myoca ...[more]