Long-term outcome of primary percutaneous coronary intervention versus prehospital and in-hospital thrombolysis for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Article Abstract:

The outcome of different reperfusion strategies in consecutive ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients is evaluated. The results have shown that in unselected patients with STEMI, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), which compared favorably with in-hospital thrombolysis (IHT) and prehospital thrombolysis (PHT), is associated with reduced duration of hospital stay, readmission, reinfarction and mortality.

United States, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Management dynamics, Pharmaceutical preparations, Blood Clot Dissolvers, Management, Hospitalization, Company business management, Fibrinolytic agents, Hospital care, Thrombolytic drugs

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Long-term outcomes with drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in Sweden

Article Abstract:

The long-term outcome in all patients undergoing stent implantation in Sweden in 2003 and 2004 is evaluated and a follow-up analysis of death and myocardial infarction is conducted by using other national registries. The results have shown that drug-eluting stents were associated with increased rate of death than bare-metal stents, but a long-term safety of drug-eluting stents needs to be ascertained in large, randomized trials.

Sweden, Stent (Surgery), Stents, Clinical report

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Early Statin Treatment Following Acute Myocardial Infarction and 1-Year Survival

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Heart attack patients who are given a group of drugs called statins will have lower one-year mortality rates, according to a study of 19,599 patients. Statins are drugs that lower blood cholesterol levels.

Mortality, Drug therapy, Heart attack, Cardiac patients, Anticholesteremic agents

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