Benefit of onsite reperfusion therapy or transfer to primary PCI in STEMI patients admitted to hospitals without catheterization laboratory. Results of the MITRA PLUS Registry

Acute Cardiac Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-92

  Szabo, Sebastian ^a,c   Zeymer, Uwe ^b   Gitt, Anselm ^b   Wienbergen, Harm ^b   Marx, Roger ^a   Heer, Tobias ^b   Hoffmeister, Hans Martin ^a   Senges, Jochen ^b  

^a Klinik für Kardiologie und Allgemeine Innere Medizin Klinikums Solingen   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^c STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM SOLINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; MITRA PLUS Registry; STEMI patients older than 70 years; Transfer to PCI

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250706373     PISSN: 17482941     EISSN: 1748295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482940701358572     Document Type: Article

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