Intravenous glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists reduce mortality after percutaneous coronary interventions
Evangelia Karvouni, MD*,
Demosthenes G. Katritsis, MD, PhD, FACC* and
John P. A. Ioannidis, MD ,*
* Department of Cardiology, Athens Euroclinic, Athens, Greece
Clinical Trials and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
Division of Clinical Care Research, TuftsNew England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA


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Figure 1 Mortality at 30 days (A), six months (B), and longer follow-up (C). Risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals are shown for each study and for the random effects summary (17). P = PTCA; S = stenting.
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