What are the findings of the Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) IIb investigators?
The Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) IIb investigators found that a comparison of recombinant hirudin with heparin for the treatment of acute coronary syndromes showed that hirudin was associated with a reduced risk of death, myocardial infarction, and other major cardiovascular events.