Thrombolysis in the Age of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention : Mini-Review and Meta-Analysis of Early PCI | Zendy

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Thrombolysis in the Age of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention : Mini-Review and Meta-Analysis of Early PCI

Author(s) -

Owayed Al Shammeri,

L A Garcia

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of health sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1658-7774

pISSN - 1658-3639

DOI - 10.12816/0006026

Subject(s) - conventional pci , medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , thrombolysis , myocardial infarction , cardiology , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval

Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) is the treatment of choice for ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) if performed within 90 minutes from first medical contact. However, primary PCI is only available for less than 25% of patients with STEMI. Early PCI or Pharmaco-invasive strategy has evolved from facilitated PCI but with more delayed timing from thrombolysis to PCI.

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