Should primary angioplasty be available for all patients with an ST elevation myocardial infarction?

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1509-1511

  De Belder, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STROKE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 28144450159     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.059485     Document Type: Editorial

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