Open AccessMulticentre randomized trial comparing transport to primary angioplasty vs immediate thrombolysis vs combined strategy for patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting to a community hospital without a catheterization laboratory. The PRAGUE Study
Author(s) -
Petr Widimský
Publication year - 2000
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.1999.1993
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , myocardial infarction , angioplasty , clinical endpoint , primary angioplasty , cardiology , reperfusion therapy , cath lab , incidence (geometry) , group b , randomized controlled trial , conventional pci , percutaneous coronary intervention , physics , optics
Primary coronary angioplasty is an effective reperfusion strategy in acute myocardial infarction. However, its availability is limited, and transporting patients to an angioplasty centre in the acute phase of myocardial infarction has not yet been proved safe.
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