PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Alexander, Lori ED - Mega, Jessica L. TI - Rivaroxaban of Benefit in STEMI: ATLAS ACS 2-TIMI 51 DP - 2012 Nov 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 24--25 VI - 12 IP - 13 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/13/24.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/13/24.full AB - Treatment with a low dose of rivaroxaban, an oral factor Xa inhibitor, has been shown to reduce recurrent cardiovascular (CV) events and offer a survival benefit without a significant increase in fatal bleeding for patients who have had an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Rivaroxaban reduced recurrent CV events across the spectrum of acute coronary syndrome in the Anti-Xa Therapy to Lower Cardiovascular Events in Addition to Standard Therapy in Subjects with Acute Coronary Syndrome—Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 51 [ATLAS ACS 2-TIMI 51; J Mega et al. N Engl J Med 2012] trial.