Thrombolysis followed by early revascularization: An effective reperfusion strategy in real world patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-336

  Jaffe, Ronen ^a   Halon, David A ^a   Karkabi, Basheer ^a   Goldstein, Jacob ^a   Rubinshtein, Ronen ^a   Flugelman, Moshe Y ^a   Lewis, Basil S ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Rescue angioplasty; Revascularization; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STREPTOKINASE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 34249005951     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099070     Document Type: Article

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