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TIMACS. No difference in primary outcome between the two arms (HR 0.85, 95% CI 0.68-1.06), except in high-risk patients (HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.48-0.89, p = 0.006)
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TIMACS No difference in primary outcome between the two arms (HR 0.85, 95% CI 0.68-1.06), except in high-risk patients (HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.48-0.89, p = 0.006) Death, MI, refractory ischemia ↓ in early invasive arm (p = 0.003), due to ↓ in refractory ischemia (p < 0.001); death (p = 0.19), stroke (p = 0.74) similar Major bleeding was similar (p = 0.55) (p = 0.15) (p = 0.19) Delayed invasive (n = 1,438) Early invasive (n = 1,593) Trial design: Patients with NSTEMI were randomized to an early (within 24 hours) or delayed (after 36 hours) invasive strategy. Clinical outcomes were compared at 6 months. Results 20 20 15 15 11.3 % % 9.6 10 10 5.9 Conclusions 4.8 5 5 • Early invasive strategy is not associated with harm compared with delayed invasive strategy in patients with NSTEMI, and may be beneficial in high-risk patients • Significant reduction in refractory ischemia with an early invasive strategy 0 0 Primary endpoint Mortality Mehta SR, et al. N Engl J Med 2009;360:2165-75