title: The role of angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Most patients in the UK with an acute myocardial infarction (MI) are treated with thrombolysis. This article discusses the role of primary coronary angioplasty as the first-line treatment for acute MI.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Care Unit, Battle Hospital.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rowlands
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001315:Australia; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D006113:United Kingdom