One year results of the Middlesbrough early revascularisation to limit infarction (MERLIN) trial

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1330-1337

  Sutton, Andrew G C ^a   Campbell, P G ^a   Graham, R ^a   Price, D J A ^a   Gray, J C ^b   Grech, E D ^a   Hall, J A ^a   Harcombe, A A ^a   Wright, R A ^a   Smith, R H ^c   Murphy, J J ^d   Shyam Sundar, A ^c   Stewart, M J ^a   Davies, A ^a   Linker, N J ^a   De Belder, M A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^d DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25144472216     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.047753     Document Type: Article

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