Improved short-term outcomes of primary coronary stenting compared to primary balloon angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction at experienced centers: The PAMI study group experience

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-108

  Stone, Gregg W ^a   Brodie, Bruce R ^a,b   Griffin, John J ^a,c   Morice, Marie Claude ^a,d   Costantini, Costantino ^a,e   Overlie, Paul A ^a,f   Linnemeier, Thomas J ^a,g   Moses, Jeffrey ^a,h   O'Neill, William W ^a,i   Grines, Cindy L ^a,i  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital   (United States)

^d INSTITUT CARDIOVASCULAIRE PARIS SUD   (France)

^e Hospital Santa Case de Misericordia   (Brazil)

^f St Mary of the Plains Hospital   (United States)

^g ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; BRADYCARDIA; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032904799     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.1999.tb00218.x     Document Type: Review

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