To examine the outcome of patients with persistent coronary artery occlusion despite
treatment with intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), the clinical course of 96 …

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of 150 mg of aspirin plus
100 mg of alteplase, administered as two intravenous bolus injections of 50 mg each given …

Because the reestablishment of coronary blood flow is believed to be central to the benefit of
thrombolytic therapy, measurements of reperfusion (ie, angiography before and after …

To compare the results and outcome of different management approaches for acute
myocardial infarction, we analyzed our experience with early (ie, within 6 hours of infarct …

The understanding that a myocardial infarction is usually caused by an acute thrombotic
obstruction of a coronary artery has led to a major change in the approach of this disease1'1 …

DESPITE DRAMATIC IMPROVE-ments in the treatment of acute ST-segment elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI) during the past decade, approximately 1 in 10 patients still die …

Recent evidence suggests that late reperfusion of an occluded infarct-related artery after
acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may convey a better prognosis. The clinical outcome of …

OBJECTIVES How effective and safe is rescue percutaneous transluminal coronary
angioplasty PTCA compared with primary PTCA, and is it cost effective? BACKGROUND In …

Both pharmacologic and mechanical approaches designed to limit infarct size by
recanalization of infarct-related arteries have reduced mortality associated with ST-segment …

In a series of 447 patients with single vessel angioplasty, 27 (6.0%) had acute thrombotic
occlusion early after the procedure. They were treated with combined intracoronary (20 …