[Management of the acute myocardial infarction in the prehospital emergency setting. Reperfusing and antithrombotic therapy].
The early reperfusion of the occluded epicardial coronary artery and the antithrombotic therapy is of eminent importance in the management of the acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment-elevation. The emergency physician has a key role in establishing the diagnosis and deciding about the therapy. The following article describes modern concepts and the evidence of the emergency management of patients with myocardial infarction.
Hilker
Ekkehard
E
Medizinischen Klinik und Poliklinik C (Kardiologie und Angiologie) des Universitätsklinikums Münster. hilkere@uni-muenster.de
Breithardt
Günter
G
D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents