GUSTO settles clinical debate

WASHINGTON - Data gathered during the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and tPA for Occluded Coronary Arteries Trial (GUSTO) has settled a long-standing question about the benefits of increasing blood supply during a heart attack, according to GUSTO investigators.

Scientists have sought to prove a hypothesis that more rapid and increased opening of blood vessels during a heart attack reduces the magnitude of the attack, said Dr. Allan Ross, chairman of an angiographic sub-study within GUSTO. ...