Primary coronary angioplasty versus thrombolysis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1168-1170

  Stone, Gregg W ^a   Grines, Cindy L ^a   O'Neill, William W ^b   Pasceri, Vincenzo ^c  

^a EL CAMINO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030814330     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199710163371612     Document Type: Article

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