Time delay in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI): A comparison of primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with thrombolysis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 531-537

  Hitchcock, T ^a,b   Kidd, H M ^a,b   Taylor, R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030828634     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb00960.x     Document Type: Article

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