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ReoPro cuts angioplasty complications in half:

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Centocor's antithrombotic drug ReoPro cut heart attacks and death six months after angioplasty by 46% in the EPILOG trial (Evaluation of PTCA to Improve Long-Term Outcome by c7E3 GP IIb/IIIa Receptor Blockade). At the same time it reduced the need for emergency revascularisation by 53.7%, said chairman of the Cleveland Clinic's cardiology department Dr Eric Topol. ReoPro inactivates IIb/IIIa binding sites on the surface of blood platelets.

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