Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention: Current concepts, promises, and pitfalls

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1545-1553

  Kiernan, Thomas J ^a   Ting, Henry H ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention; ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547780077     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm222     Document Type: Review

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