Rescue Angioplasty after Failed Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Authors

Anthony Gershlick · University of Leicester

Amanda Stephens-Lloyd · University of Leicester

Sarah Hughes · University of Leicester

Keith R. Abrams · University of Leicester

Suzanne Stevens · University of Leicester

Neal Uren · Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Adam de Belder ·

Abstract

Event-free survival after failed thrombolytic therapy was significantly higher with rescue PCI than with repeated thrombolysis or conservative treatment. Rescue PCI should be considered for patients in whom reperfusion fails to occur after thrombolytic therapy.

Topics & Keywords

Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 353, Issue 26, pp. 2758-2768

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa050849

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