A randomized trial of rescue angioplasty versus a conservative approach for failed fibrinolysis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: The Middlesbrough Early Revascularization to Limit INfarction (MERLIN) trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 287-296

  Sutton, Andrew G C ^a   Campbell, Philip G ^a   Graham, Richard ^a   Price, Dallas J A ^a   Gray, Janine C ^b   Grech, Ever D ^a   Hall, James A ^a   Harcombe, Alun A ^a   Wright, Robert A ^a   Smith, Roger H ^c   Murphy, Jerry J ^d   Shyam Sundar, Ananthaiah ^c   Stewart, Michael J ^a   Davies, Adrian ^a   Linker, Nicholas J ^a   De Belder, Mark 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

CABG; coronary artery bypass graft surgery; left ventricular; LV; MERLIN; Middlesbrough Early Revascularization to Limit INfarction trial; PCI; percutaneous coronary intervention; RD; regional wall motion index; risk difference; RWMI; STEMI

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 3242699799     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.12.059     Document Type: Article

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