Fibrinolysis or Primary PCI in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

W. Armstrong, Paul; Gershlick, Anthony; Goldstein, Patrick; Wilcox, Robert; Danays, Thierry; Lambert, Yves; A. Sulimov, V.; Rosell Ortiz, Fernando; Ostojić, Miodrag; C. Welsh, Robert; Carlos Carvalho, Antônio; N. Nanas, John; Arntz, Hans-Richard; Halvorsen, Sigrun; Huber, Kurt; Grajek, Stefan; Fresco, Claudio; Bluhmki, Erich; Regelin, Anne; Vandenberghe, Katleen; Bogaerts, Kris; Van de Werf, Frans

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1301092

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Fibrinolysis or Primary PCI in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 10, 2013

Authors:

Paul W. Armstrong

Anthony Gershlick

Patrick Goldstein

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It is not known whether prehospital fibrinolysis, coupled with timely coronary angiography, provides a clinical outcome similar to that with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) early after acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS: Among 1892 patients...

Subject

Medicine

Fibrinolysis

Conventional PCI

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