Facilitated PCI: rationale, current evidence, open questions, and future directions

M Zimarino, D Sacchetta, G Renda… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Both thrombolysis and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are validated
therapies in the treatment of ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI). Primary PCI …

Comparison of thrombolysis followed by broad use of percutaneous coronary intervention with primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment–elevation …

N Danchin, P Coste, J Ferrières, PG Steg, Y Cottin… - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Intravenous thrombolysis remains a widely used treatment for ST-elevation
myocardial infarction; however, it carries a higher risk of reinfarction than primary PCI …

PCI after lytic therapy: when and how?

D Dudek, T Rakowski, A Dziewierz… - European heart …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and thrombolysis are approved therapies
in the treatment of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Many clinical trials have …

Percutaneous coronary intervention following thrombolysis: for whom and when?

N Taglieri, C Di Mario - Acute Cardiac Care, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is the treatment of choice for patients
with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). In the attempt to reduce the …

Bridging the gap with new strategies in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction: bolus thrombolysis, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, combination therapy, percutaneous …

CP Cannon - Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2000 - Springer
Achieving early reperfusion with thrombolytic agents or primary percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the cornerstone of …

Recent advances in primary percutaneous intervention for acute myocardial infarction

EJ Smith, A Mathur, MT Rothman - Heart, 2005 - heart.bmj.com
Interventional cardiology has evolved since the first studies comparing primary
percutaneous intervention (PPCI) and intravenous thrombolysis for the treatment of ST …

Routine early coronary angioplasty after thrombolysis in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: lysis is not the final step

PL Sánchez, F Fernández-Avilés - European heart journal, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Primary coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred reperfusion therapy in patients with
acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, many hospitals lack PCI …

Combined reperfusion strategies in ST-segment elevation MI: Rationale and current role.

EB Hanna, TA Hennebry… - Cleveland Clinic journal of …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred reperfusion strategy for ST-
elevation myocardial infarction (MI), but most patients do not arrive at a PCI facility within the …

Thrombolysis followed by early revascularization: an effective reperfusion strategy in real world patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

R Jaffe, DA Halon, B Karkabi, J Goldstein… - Cardiology, 2007 - karger.com
Background: Several trials suggested superiority of primary percutaneous coronary
intervention (PPCI) angioplasty over thrombolysis in patients with ST-elevation myocardial …

Primary coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction

EC Keeley, CL Grines - Jama, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
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 …