Open AccessClinical presentation and outcome of patients with early, intermediate and late reperfusion therapy by primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
Awj van't Hof
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.1997.0746
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , angioplasty , reperfusion therapy , primary angioplasty , diabetes mellitus , percutaneous coronary intervention , endocrinology
Reperfusion therapy by primary coronary angioplasty has been shown to be beneficial for patients who present themselves up to 12 h after the onset of symptoms. However, the relationship between outcome and ischaemic time for patients who present relatively late after the onset of symptoms is still uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in patient characteristics, left ventricular function and clinical outcome among early (< 3 h), intermediate (3-6 h) and late (6-24 h) treated patients.