Open AccessST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction: reperfusion at any cost?The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the Editors of the European Heart Journal or of the European Society of Cardiology.
Author(s) -
Antonio Abbate,
Pierfrancesco Agostoni,
Giuseppe BiondiZoccai
Publication year - 2005
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 - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi382
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , fibrinolysis , thrombolysis , percutaneous coronary intervention , conventional pci , reperfusion therapy , angioplasty , population , coronary occlusion , environmental health
This editorial refers to 'Long-term clinical outcomes after rescue angioplasty are not different from those of successful thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction'(dagger) by P. G. Steg et al., on page 1831