CARDIOVASCULAR: Reduced Mortality and Repeat MI with Enoxaparin for Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine Reporting from ACC 2007 Reduced Mortality and Repeat MI with Enoxaparin for Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction HARVEY WHITE, Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand REFERENCE: European Heart Journal Advanced On-Line Publication April 24th, 2007 Enoxaparin could be the new standard anti-thrombotic therapy for patients receiving fibrinolysis for ST elevation myocardial infarction. This finding is from the double-blind EXTRACT-TIMI 25 Trial which compared the low molecular weight heparin with unfractionated heparin and saw a consistent treatment superiority from enoxaparin with a reduction in repeat myocardial infarction and mortality. Sarah Maxwell spoke with the principal investigator Harvey White at the Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand.