A comparison of thrombolytic therapy with primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 1253-1260

  Every, Nathan R ^a,d   Parsons, Lori S ^c   Hlatky, Mark ^b   Martin, Jenny S ^c   Weaver, W Douglas ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MITI Coordinating Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; PROUROKINASE; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029862173     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199610243351701     Document Type: Article

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