Need for a prospective, randomized trial assessing the role of early coronary intervention following pharmacologic therapy for acute myocardial infarction

Authors
Keeley, EC Cigarroa, JE
Citation
Ec. Keeley et Je. Cigarroa, Need for a prospective, randomized trial assessing the role of early coronary intervention following pharmacologic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, AM J CARD, 88(8), 2001, pp. 882
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
88
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(20011015)88:8<882:NFAPRT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Prior Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TM) studies have demonstrated that routine coronary angiography should not be performed in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions treated with thrombolytic therapy. An analysis of patients from the TIMI 10B and TIMI 14 trials with acute myocardial infarctions treated with various pharmacologic regimens a nd subsequent early percutaneous revascularization challenges these finding s.