..................................................................................................... 3 Preface ........................................................................................................ 4 List of publications ................................................................................. 5 List of symbols and acronyms ...............................................

..........................................................................................................2 Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................................... 3 List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................

To the Editor: In a recent article from a prominent cardiological journal, the authors compared major adverse cardiac event rates between primary coronary angioplasty and thrombolytic therapy. They reported their results for the PCAT collaboration, but never explained what the acronym PCAT stood for. That surprised and disappointed me, because according to the International Committee of Medical...

................................................................................................................................................. vii List of figures ........................................................................................................................................... xi List of tables ............................................................................

.........................................................................................................iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS....................................................................................iv LIST OF TABLES...............................................................................................vii LIST OF FIGURES.............................................................

..........................................................................................................................v Acknowledgements .........................................................................................................vi Acronyms and Abbreviations, Weights and Measures, Conversion Factors ..................vii Executive Summary...........................................

............................................................................................................................................... IX Table of contents ............................................................................................................................... XI List of Figures ........................................................................................