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February 7, 2006 Categories: New articles Posted by admin
Objectives: To study the clinical significance of infarct location during long term follow up in a trial comparing thrombolysis with primary angioplasty. Design: Retrospective longitudinal cohort analysis of prospectively entered data. Setting: Patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Patients: In the Zwolle trial 395 patients with acute STEMI were randomly assigned to intravenous streptokinase or PCI. Main outcome measures: Survival according to infarct location and treatment after 8 (2) years of follow up.
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