| Title
of the article |
Routine early angioplasty after fibrinolysis for acute myocardial infarction. |
| Authors |
Cantor WJ, Fitchett D, Borgundvaag B, Ducas J, Heffernan M, Cohen EA, Morrison LJ, Langer A, Dzavik V, Mehta SR, Lazzam C, Schwartz B, Casanova A, Goodman SG; TRANSFER-AMI Trial Investigators |
| Journal
|
N Engl J Med. 2009 Jun 25;360(26):2705-18 |
| Subject
Consultant |
F. Mallamaci |
| Score
(1 to 3 stars) |
*** |
| Comments |
Among high-risk patients who had a myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation and who were treated with fibrinolysis, transfer for percutaneous coronary intervention within 6 hours after fibrinolysis was associated with significantly fewer ischemic complications than was standard treatment. |
