title: Clinical management of acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: There is increasing evidence that angiography and revascularization soon after thrombolytic therapy offer no benefit over expectant medical therapy. Rather, intervention should be held in reserve for those patients in whom ischemia recurs. The hospital management of acute myocardial infarction, beginning when the patient is admitted to the coronary care unit, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Guerci
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Weisfeldt
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents