Early reinfarction after fibrinolysis: experience from the global utilization of streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator (alteplase) for occluded coronary arteries …

MP Hudson, CB Granger, EJ Topol, KS Pieper… - Circulation, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Trials report a 2% to 6% incidence of reinfarction after fibrinolysis for acute
myocardial infarction (MI). We combined the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue …

Percutaneous coronary intervention after fibrinolysis: a multiple meta-analyses approach according to the type of strategy

JP Collet, G Montalescot, M Le May, M Borentain… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives: We performed a meta-analysis of randomized trials that enrolled ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with fibrinolysis to assess the potential …

Rationale and design of the trial of routine angioplasty and stenting after fibrinolysis to enhance reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction (TRANSFER-AMI)

WJ Cantor, D Fitchett, B Borgundvaag, M Heffernan… - American heart …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Most patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction present to hospitals
without percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) facilities and receive fibrinolysis. The role …

A meta-analysis of randomized trials of rescue percutaneous coronary intervention after failed fibrinolysis

TN Patel, AA Bavry, DJ Kumbhani, SG Ellis - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Previous trials have suggested clinical benefit with rescue percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) after failed fibrinolysis, but more recent, larger studies are conflicting …

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 …

Relationship between risk stratification at admission and treatment effects of early invasive management following fibrinolysis: insights from the Trial of Routine …

AT Yan, RT Yan, WJ Cantor… - European heart …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims We sought to determine the effectiveness of early routine percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) post-fibrinolysis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in relation …

Clinical outcomes and cost implications of routine early PCI after fibrinolysis: one-year follow-up of the Trial of Routine Angioplasty and Stenting after Fibrinolysis to …

A Bagai, WJ Cantor, M Tan, W Tong, A Lamy… - American heart …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with fibrinolysis,
routine early percutaneous coronary intervention (r-PCI) improves clinical outcomes at 30 …

[PDF][PDF] Routine angioplasty after fibrinolysis: how early should" early" be?

FWA Verheugt - 2009 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
Reperfusion therapy has represented a great leap forward in the management of myocardial
infarction with ST-segment elevation. Its goal is early and complete recanalization of the …

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 …

Link between the angiographic substudy and mortality outcomes in a large randomized trial of myocardial reperfusion: importance of early and complete infarct artery …

RJ Simes, EJ Topol, DR Holmes Jr, HD White… - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The Global Utilization of Streptokinase and TPA for Occluded Coronary Arteries
(GUSTO-I) trial was designed to test whether thrombolytic strategies achieving more …