Has thrombolysis lost its mojo?

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1167-1169

  Brophy, James M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 34848875746     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.113878     Document Type: Editorial

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