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Figure 1 Flow-chart of the TOPSTAR trial. After diagnostic catheterization the patients were pretreated with aspirin (ASA) and clopidogrel. After randomization the patients underwent elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a second stage procedure with either peri- and postprocedural placebo or tirofiban infusion for 18 h. For details see Methods sections.