Comparison of thrombolytic therapy and primary coronary angioplasty with liberal stenting for inferior myocardial infarction with precordial ST- segment depression. Immediate and long-term results of a randomized study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1687-1694

  Ribichini, Flavio ^a   Steffenino, Giuseppe ^a   Dellavalle, Antonio ^a   Ferrero, Valeria ^a   Vado, Antonello ^a   Feola, Mauro ^a   Uslenghi, Eugenio ^a  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032533929     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00446-X     Document Type: Article

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