Transfer with GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor tirofiban for primary percutaneous coronary intervention vs. on-site thrombolysis in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI): A randomized open-label study for patients admitted to community hospitals

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2438-2448

  Dobrzycki, Slawomir ^a   Kralisz, Pawel ^a   Nowak, Konrad ^a   Prokopczuk, Przemysław ^a   Kochman, Waclaw ^a   Korecki, Janusz ^a   Poniatowski, Boguslaw ^a   Zuk, Jerzy ^a   Sitniewska, Ewa ^a   Bachorzewska Gajewska, Hanna ^a   Sienkiewicz, Jerzy ^a   Musial, Wlodzimierz J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Platelet GP IIb IIIa; Primary PCI; ST elevation myocardial infarction; Thrombolysis; Tirofiban; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NADROPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; TICLOPIDINE; TIROFIBAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; POLAND; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TYROSINE;

EID: 35348981895     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm369     Document Type: Article

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