Early invasive versus conservative treatment in patients with failed fibrinolysis-no late survival benefit: The final analysis of the Middlesbrough Early Revascularisation to Limit Infarction (MERLIN) randomized trial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 763-771

  Kunadian, Babu ^a   Sutton, Andrew G C ^a   Vijayalakshmi, Kunadian ^a   Thornley, Andrew R ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34247257731     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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