High-risk patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with low-molecular-weight or unfractionated heparin: outcomes at 6 months and 1 year in the SYNERGY trial.

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Published in JAMA on November 23, 2005

Authors

Kenneth W Mahaffey1, Marc Cohen, Jyotsna Garg, Elliott Antman, Neal S Kleiman, Shaun G Goodman, Lisa G Berdan, Craig J Reist, Anatoly Langer, Harvey D White, Philip E Aylward, Jacques J Col, James J Ferguson, Robert M Califf, SYNERGY Trial Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27715, USA. mahaf002@mc.duke.edu

Associated clinical trials:

SYNERGY: Open Study of Enoxaparin Versus Unfractionated Heparin in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes | NCT00043784

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