Multicentre randomized trial comparing transport to primary angioplasty vs immediate thrombolysis vs combined strategy for patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting to a community hospital without a catheterization laboratory. The PRAGUE Study
Authors:
- M. ZelízkoMZM. Zelízko
Open Access
- 15 May 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Heart Journal
- Vol. 21 (10) , 823-831
Abstract
Background Primary coronary angioplasty is an effective reperfusion strategy in acute myocardial infarction. However, its availability is limited, anKeywords
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