Narrative review: Reperfusion strategies for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 610-617

  Ting, Henry H ^a,b   Yang, Eric H ^a,b   Rihal, Charanjit S ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; OXYGEN; RETEPLASE; TIROFIBAN; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGED; ALGORITHM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; TICLOPIDINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750687878     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-8-200610170-00010     Document Type: Review

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