Effectiveness of primary percutaneous coronary intervention compared with that of thrombolytic therapy in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-259

  Mehta, Rajendra H ^a,f   Sadiq, Immad ^b   Goldberg, Robert J ^b   Gore, Joel M ^b   Avezum, Álvaro ^c   Spencer, Frederick ^b   Kline Rogers, Eva ^a   Allegrone, Jeanna ^b   Pieper, Karen ^d   Fox, Keith A A ^e   Eagle, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART REINFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 10744225398     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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