Coronary Angioplasty with or without Stent Implantation for Acute Myocardial Infarction

L. Grines, Cindy; A. Cox, David; W. Stone, Gregg; Garcı́a, Eulogio; Alberto Mattos, Luiz; Giambartolomei, Alessandro; R. Brodie, Bruce; Madonna, O.; H. J. Eijgelshoven, Marcel; J. Lansky, Alexandra; W. O’Neill, William; Morice, Marie‐Claude

doi:10.1056/nejm199912233412601

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Coronary Angioplasty with or without Stent Implantation for Acute Myocardial Infarction

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 23, 1999

Authors:

Cindy L. Grines

David A. Cox

Gregg W. Stone

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Coronary-stent implantation is frequently performed for treatment of acute myocardial infarction. However, few studies have compared stent implantation with primary angioplasty alone. METHODS: We designed a multicenter study to compare primary angioplasty with angioplasty accompanied by ...

Subject

Medicine

Angioplasty

Myocardial infarction

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