No benefit with early invasive strategy in patients with NSTE-ACS and elevated troponin T
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Trials comparing an early invasive treatment strategy with more-conservative strategies in patients with non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) have shown divergent results with regard to survival and cardiovascular events. At 1 year, the ICTUS trial showed no benefit of an early invasive strategy over a selective invasive strategy in patients with NSTE-ACS and elevated cardiac troponin T levels. Longer term data from the same trial have confirmed these findings.
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