Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Successful Fibrinolytic Therapy for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Better Late Than Never

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-113

  Buckley, Jeremy W ^a   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^b  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; percutaneous coronary intervention; pre hospital thrombolysis; ST segment elevation

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; TENECTEPLASE;

BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73049105233     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.09.024     Document Type: Editorial

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