Thrombolytic therapy has been a major advance in the management of acute myocardial
infarction. Unfortunately, it continues to be underused or is administered later than is …

As there is even yet a lingering doubt in many minds with regard to some trees, whether they
bear flowers and seed or not, it is the more important to show not only that they do, but for …

Background The success of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction is limited by
bleeding complications, the impossibility of reperfusing all occluded coronary arteries …

Background The Global Utilization of Streptokinase and TPA for Occluded Coronary Arteries
(GUSTO-I) trial was designed to test whether thrombolytic strategies achieving more …

Background Smoking is known to be a strong risk factor for premature atherosclerosis,
myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death. Unexpectedly, in the reperfusion era …

Thrombolytic therapy improves outcome in patients with myocardial infarction but is
associated with an increased risk of intracranial haemorrhage. For some patients, this risk …

Background and Purpose—Intracranial hemorrhage is a serious complication of
thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, especially among the elderly, but little …

Advanced age is associated with increased mortality in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) but
the mechanism remains unclear. We performed a pooled analysis of 3,032 patients from the …

The acute coronary syndromes represent a continuum of myocardial ischemia ranging from
angina, reversible tissue injury→ unstable angina, frequently associated with minor …

OBJECTIVE To compare the prognostic significance of reperfusion assessment by
Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow grade in the infarct related artery and ST …