Effect of prehospital thrombolysis on aborting acute myocardial infarction.
On administering thrombolysis in a prehospital setting, we found a threefold increase in the incidence of abortion of myocardial infarction, compared with the in-hospital program of a nearby hospital. Assessment of aborted myocardial infarction may be a better criterion for the efficacy of early thrombolysis than mortality data.
Lamfers
E J
EJ
Department of Cardiology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Hooghoudt
T E
TE
Uppelschoten
A
A
Stolwijk
P W
PW
Verheugt
F W
FW
D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome