Acute interventions for myocardial reperfusion.
The primary goal of treatment in acute myocardial infarction is reperfusion of the infarct-related artery in as short a time as possible. Present strategies for acute reperfusion include the use of thrombolytic agents and a variety of catheter-based interventions. This article presents a brief review of these strategies and discusses the patient subsets better served by a particular type of intervention.
Brown
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Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
D'Haem
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Berkompas
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Cohn
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D017130:Angioplasty; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion / Q000379:methods; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000628:therapy; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents