Strategies in mechanical interventions for acute MI: facilitated and rescue PCI
Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) is the superior strategy for treating acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) as an initial strategy within the first 6 hours from symptom onset. Facilitation of PCI by the use of pre-treatment, prior to planned PCI, with thrombolytic drugs o...
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| Language: | English |
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South African Heart Association
2017-04-01
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| Series: | SA Heart Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/SAHJ/article/view/2045 |