Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty During Acute Myocardial Infarction
Remetz M, Cleman M. Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty During Acute Myocardial Infarction. Cardiology Clinics 1988, 6: 139-152. PMID: 2971441, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(18)30507-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic thrombolytic therapyThrombolytic therapyVentricular functionAcute MISymptom onsetAcute PTCABlood flowPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyInitial thrombolytic therapyRecent cerebrovascular eventsIntravenous thrombolytic therapyCent of patientsInfarct-related arteryPost-infarction anginaRegional left ventricular functionImproved ventricular functionTransluminal coronary angioplastyLeft ventricular functionAcute myocardial infarctionIntravenous r-tPASecond generation thrombolytic agentUse of PTCAAcute angioplastyIntracoronary streptokinaseProvokable ischemia