Bivalirudin during primary PCI in acute myocardial infarction. [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2008 BACKGROUND: Treatment with the direct thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin, as compared with heparin plus glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, results in similar suppression of ischemia while reducing hemorrhagic complications in patients with stable angina and ...
G. Stone +14 more
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Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction with ST Segment-Elevation: Effect on the Severity of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation [PDF]
International Journal of Medical Arts, 2021 Background: Myocardial infarction is a daily challenging emergency. Proper diagnosis and intervention in a timely manner is crucial. The aim of the work: We aimed to detect the impact of primary percutaneous coronary intervention [PPCI] on the ...
Mohammad Aly Hammad +4 more
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Fibrinolysis or primary PCI in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2013 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 ...
P. Armstrong +21 more
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Volume‐Outcome Relationships for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022 Background Lower primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) volume is known to be associated with worse outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) at hospital level.
Yuichi Saito +6 more
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In-hospital Major Cardiovascular Events between STEMI Receiving Thrombolysis Therapy and Primary PCI [PDF]
Acta Medica Indonesiana, 2016 Aim: to compare the in-hospital major cardiovascular events between thrombolysis therapy and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Irsad A Arso +3 more
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Pharmacoinvasive versus invasive-only strategies in therapy of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction : Comparative study [PDF]
Zagazig University Medical Journal, 2023 Background: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST- elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains the default strategy. However, when primary PCI cannot be performed expeditiously, a pharmacoinvasive strategy of fibrinolysis followed ...
Mahmoud Elrayes +3 more
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Comparison of predictive value of risk scores regarding the short-term and long-term prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention [PDF]
Medicinski Podmladak, 2020 Introduction: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) presents standard treatment in patients with acute myocardial infarction. In order to predict the prognosis of patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), several risk ...
Đurošev Ivana +2 more
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EFFECT OF LOCAL DELIVERY OF STREPTOKINASE BEFORE PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION ON MICROVASCULAR PERFUSION IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS [PDF]
Ain Shams Medical Journal, 2023 Background: The established reperfusion treatment for acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation is primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Tarek Mohamed +3 more
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JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, 2023 BACKGROUND Despite treatment with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the risk of heart failure and late death remains high.
M. El Farissi +16 more
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