[Reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction: primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or thrombolysis?]. 2004

Valdas Bilkis, and Aleksandras Kibarskis, and Vytautas Abraitis
Center of Cardiology and Angiology, Clinics of Santariskes, Vilnius University Hospital, Santariskiu 2, 2000 Vilnius, Lithuania. valdbilk@centras.lt

Randomized controlled trials that compared primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with thrombolysis have shown that primary angioplasty is more effective than intravenous thrombolysis in reducing mortality and morbidity in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Three large myocardial infarction registries - MITI, NRMI-2 and French registry - failed to show an advantage of primary angioplasty compared with thrombolysis. One of the latest trials mentioned in this paper restored the place of primary angioplasty as superior to thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction. Data of patients treated with primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in Clinic of Cardiology of Vilnius University are presented.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009203 Myocardial Infarction NECROSIS of the MYOCARDIUM caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart (CORONARY CIRCULATION). Cardiovascular Stroke,Heart Attack,Myocardial Infarct,Cardiovascular Strokes,Heart Attacks,Infarct, Myocardial,Infarction, Myocardial,Infarctions, Myocardial,Infarcts, Myocardial,Myocardial Infarctions,Myocardial Infarcts,Stroke, Cardiovascular,Strokes, Cardiovascular
D012042 Registries The systems and processes involved in the establishment, support, management, and operation of registers, e.g., disease registers. Parish Registers,Population Register,Parish Register,Population Registers,Register, Parish,Register, Population,Registers, Parish,Registers, Population,Registry
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor
D015906 Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary Dilation of an occluded coronary artery (or arteries) by means of a balloon catheter to restore myocardial blood supply. Angioplasty, Coronary Balloon,Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary,Coronary Angioplasty, Transluminal Balloon,Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty,Balloon Dilation, Coronary Artery,Transluminal Coronary Balloon Dilation,Angioplasties, Coronary Balloon,Balloon Angioplasties, Coronary,Balloon Angioplasty, Coronary,Coronary Balloon Angioplasties,Coronary Balloon Angioplasty
D015912 Thrombolytic Therapy Use of infusions of FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS to destroy or dissolve thrombi in blood vessels or bypass grafts. Fibrinolytic Therapy,Thrombolysis, Therapeutic,Therapeutic Thrombolysis,Therapy, Fibrinolytic,Therapy, Thrombolytic,Fibrinolytic Therapies,Therapeutic Thrombolyses,Therapies, Fibrinolytic,Therapies, Thrombolytic,Thrombolyses, Therapeutic,Thrombolytic Therapies
D016032 Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Works about clinical trials that involve at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table. Clinical Trials, Randomized,Controlled Clinical Trials, Randomized,Trials, Randomized Clinical

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