title: Milestones in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: The last half-century has witnessed momentous improvement in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction resulting in significantly reduced mortality. The most significant advances are suggested to be "chair" treatment, coronary care units, anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital, Hollywood, Florida.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Diamond
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy