Reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction: drugs or devices? Is this the right question?

GS Pavlides, DV Cokkinos - Clinical cardiology, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Myocardial reperfusion treatment for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has
made great strides since the 1980s when, for the first time, its effectiveness was shown …

[HTML][HTML] Why and when PCI, why and when thrombolysis? PCI

M Lettino - Internal and emergency medicine, 2009 - Springer
Reperfusion therapy has a central role in the treatment of patients with ST-elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI) because, if timely performed, it contributes to reduce infarct …

Patient outcomes after fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction at hospitals with and without coronary revascularization capability

RH Mehta, DA Criger, CB Granger, KK Pieper… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study evaluated clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial
infarction (MI) treated with fibrinolytic therapy in hospitals with and without coronary …

A randomized trial of rescue angioplasty versus a conservative approach for failed fibrinolysis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the Middlesbrough Early …

AGC Sutton, PG Campbell, R Graham… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to compare emergency coronary angiography with or without rescue
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with conservative treatment in patients with failed …

[PDF][PDF] Definition of failed lysis may have influenced outcome in the MERLIN trial

F Osman, A Chit, PE Glennon - Journal of the American College of …, 2005 - academia.edu
1. Grines CL, O'Neill WW. Rescue angioplasty. Does the concept need to be rescued? J Am
Coll Cardiol 2004; 44: 297–9. 2. Sutton GC, Campbell PG, Graham R, et al. A randomized …

Early invasive versus conservative treatment in patients with failed fibrinolysis—no late survival benefit: the final analysis of the Middlesbrough Early Revascularisation …

B Kunadian, AGC Sutton, K Vijayalakshmi… - American Heart …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Early (30 days) and midterm (6 months) clinical outcomes in trials
comparing rescue angioplasty (rescue percutaneous coronary intervention [rPCI]) with …

Trends in acute reperfusion therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction from 1999 to 2006: we are getting better but we have got a long way to go

KA Eagle, BK Nallamothu, RH Mehta… - European Heart …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Aim Many patients who are eligible for acute reperfusion therapy receive it after substantial
delays or not at all. We wanted to determine whether over the years more patients are …

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention versus fibrinolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction: does the choice of fibrinolytic agent impact on the importance of …

BK Nallamothu, EM Antman, ER Bates - The American journal of cardiology, 2004 - Elsevier
The mortality benefit associated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in ST-
segment elevation myocardial infarction may be lost if door-to-balloon time is delayed by> 1 …

Who should have a routine early invasive approach after fibrinolytic therapy?

CB Granger - European heart journal, 2011 - academic.oup.com
This editorial refers to 'Relationship between risk stratification at admission and treatment
effects of early invasive management following fibrinolysis: insights from the Trial of Routine …

Temporal trends in care and outcomes of patients receiving fibrinolytic therapy compared to primary percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the Get With …

RS Hira, DL Bhatt, GC Fonarow… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Timely reperfusion after ST‐elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) improves
survival. Guidelines recommend primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) within …