Category: Cardiovascular Disease

APAF Trial: Ablation or Antiarrhythmics for PAF

 2006 APAF STUDY A randomized trial of circumferential pulmonary vein ablation versus antiarrhythmic drug therapy in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) randomized controlled trial M...

ANTHARTIC Trial: Preventing VAP after CA

2019 ANTHARTIC TRIAL M Prevention of early Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia after cardiac arrest Multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled Objective: To investigate whether in post out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...

ANT 005 TKA Trial: Abelacimab for VTE

 2021 ANT-005 TKA TRIAL M Abelacimab for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Phase 2,open-label, prospective randomized trial 400 Objective: To compare the efficacy &...

AMPLIFY Trial: Apixaban for acute VTE

2013 AMPLIFY TRIAL Oral Apixaban for the Treatment of Acute Venous Thromboembolism double-blind, multicenter, randomized controlled trial IM Objective: To determine if apixaban is non-inferior...

Wolf-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome: Infographic

Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome Characterized by presence of accessory pathway (bundle of Kent) between atria and ventricle that can cause “preexcitation” or earlier activation of the...

ACUTE Trial Summary: TEE-Guided Cardioversion for AFib

2001 ACUTE TRIAL Use of transesophageal echocardiography to guide cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial Objective: To compare conventional anticoagulation...

BRIGHT-4 Trial Summary: Bivalirudin in STEMI

2022 BRIGHT-4 TRIAL Bivalirudin plus a high-dose infusion versus heparin monotherapy in patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI investigator-initiated, open-label, randomized controlled trial Objective: To...