Contemporary mortality differences between primary percutaneous coronary intervention and thrombolysis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Claeys, Marc J;de Meester, Antoine;Convens, Carl;Dubois, Philippe;Vrints, Christiaan;et.al.
(2011) Archives of Internal Medicine — Vol. 171, n° 6, p. 544-549 (2011)

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Modern thrombolytic strategies have substantially attenuated the absolute mortality benefit of PPCI over thrombolysis, particularly in patients not at high risk. Our study findings suggest that target door-to-balloon time should be less than 60 minutes to maintain the lowest mortality rates.
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Claeys, M. J., de Meester, A., Convens, C., Dubois, P., Boland, J., De Raedt, H., Vranckx, P., Coussement, P., Gevaert, S., Sinnaeve, P., Evrard, P., Beauloye, C., Renard, M., & Vrints, C. (2011). Contemporary mortality differences between primary percutaneous coronary intervention and thrombolysis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(6), 544-549. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.57 (Original work published 2011)