He said the investigators are continuing to follow patients at the participating hospitals as part of an observational study and are meeting with the Brazilian Health Ministry to fund a BRIDGE-ACS II trial to assess clinical outcomes of ACS.
The study was simultaneously published (JAMA 2012 [doi:10.1001/jama.2012.413]).
This study is funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health in partnership with Hospital do Coração. Dr. Berwanger reported no competing interests.