FASTER-TIMI 24

FASTER-(TIMI 24) evaluated the efficacy and safety of reduced dose TNK-tPA in combination with tirofiban bolus and infusion compared to a control group of full dose TNK-tPA.

MAIN RESULTS:
Tenecteplase and tirofiban in ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction: results of a randomized trial

Am Heart J. 2005 Jul;150(1):79-88.

PRESENTATIONS

TIMI 24 Slides

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Distance from the coronary ostium to the culprit lesion in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and its implications regarding the potential prevention of proximal plaque rupture. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2003 Jun;15(3):189-96.

Association of the Fibonacci Cascade with the distribution of coronary artery lesions responsible for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2003 Sep 1;92(5):595-7.

Association of epicardial and tissue-level reperfusion with left ventricular end-diastolic pressures in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2004 Jun;17(3):177-84.

Combined assessment of thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade, myocardial perfusion grade, and ST-segment resolution to evaluate epicardial and myocardial reperfusion. Am J Cardiol. 2004 Jun 1;93(11):1362-7, A5-6.

Association of lesion complexity following fibrinolytic administration with mortality in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2004 Jul 1;94(1):108-11.

Effect of rescue or adjunctive percutaneous coronary intervention of the culprit artery after fibrinolytic administration on epicardial flow in nonculprit arteries. Am J Cardiol. 2004 Jul 15;94(2):178-81.

Association of duration of symptoms at presentation with angiographic and clinical outcomes after fibrinolytic therapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Sep 1;44(5):980-7.

Sequential risk stratification using TIMI risk score and TIMI flow grade among patients treated with fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2004 Nov 1;94(9):1113-7.

Relation of impaired Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction myocardial perfusion grades to residual thrombus following the restoration of epicardial patency in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jan 15;95(2):224-7.

Association of smoking with improved myocardial perfusion and the angiographic characterization of myocardial tissue perfusion after fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Jan 18;45(2):321-3.

Angiographic and clinical outcomes associated with direct versus conventional stenting among patients treated with fibrinolytic therapy for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Feb 1;95(3):383-6. 

Association of a negative residual stenosis following rescue/adjunctive percutaneous coronary intervention with impaired myocardial perfusion and adverse outcomes among ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Feb 1;45(3):357-62.

Association of culprit lesion calcium with angiographic and clinical outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with fibrinolytic therapy. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Feb 1;95(3):337-42. 

Prior aspirin use and outcomes in acute coronary syndromes. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Oct 19;56(17):1376-85.