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European Heart Journal 2003 24(18):1611-1612; doi:10.1016/S0195-668X(03)00435-4
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Editorial

Why do we need prospective registries in patients with acute myocardial infarction?

Uwe Zeymer* and Jochen Senges

Herzzentrum Ludwigshafen, Medizinische Klinik B, Ludwigshafen, Germany

* Corresponding author. Priv. Doz. Dr. Uwe Zeymer, FESC, Herzzentrum Ludwigshafen, Medizinische Klinik B, Bremserstrasse 79, D-67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany. Tel.: +49-621-503-4045; fax: +49-621-503-4002
E-mail address: Uwe.Zeymer@t-online.de

Received 10 July 2003; accepted 10 July 2003

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See doi:10.1016/S1095-668X(03)00278-1for the article to which this editorial refers

The results of recent randomized clinical trials performed in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction suggest that the short-term mortality of these patients is around 5–6% or even less. That would imply that there is little room for improvement in our efforts to reduce mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Unfortunately, this is not the case in the ‘real world’ situation in Europe and there are still many things to improve. This insight comes from well designed prospective national and international registries performed in patients with acute coronary syndromes.

A large number of randomized studies with several thousands of patients . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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