Rescue Angioplasty after Failed Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Anthony Gershlick,
Amanda Stephens-Lloyd,
Sarah Hughes,
Keith R. Abrams,
Suzanne Stevens,
Neal Uren,
Adam de Belder,
John Davis,
M. Pitt,
Adrian Banning,
Andreas Baumbach,
M F Shiu,
Peter M. Schofield,
Keith D. Dawkins,
Robert Henderson,
Keith G. Oldroyd,
Robert Wilcox
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa050849
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , thrombolysis , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , percutaneous coronary intervention , confidence interval , cardiology , angioplasty , clinical endpoint , surgery , randomized controlled trial
The appropriate treatment for patients in whom reperfusion fails to occur after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction remains unclear. There are few data comparing emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (rescue PCI) with conservative care in such patients, and none comparing rescue PCI with repeated thrombolysis.
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