Acute ischemic heart disease and interventional cardiology: a time for pause

[1] Jacobs AK(2003)Primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction–is it worth the wait? N Engl J Med 349 798-800

[2] Grines CL(2003)Fibrinolytic therapy: is it a treatment of the past? Circulation 107 2538-2542

[3] Serruys P(2003)Has my patient achieved adequate myocardial reperfusion? Circulation 108 504-507

[4] O'Neill WW(2002)Primary angioplasty versus "earlier" thrombolysis–time for a wake-up call Lancet 360 814-816

[5] Gibson CM(2004)Rationale and strategies for implementing community-based transfer protocols for primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction J Am Coll Cardiol 43 2153-2159

[6] Stone GW(2003)Primary angioplasty versus intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: a quantitative review of 23 randomised trials Lancet 361 13-20

[7] Waters RE(2004)Primary angioplasty and thrombolysis are both reasonable options in acute myocardial infarction Ann Intern Med 141 292-297

[8] Singh KP(2000)Mortality and prehospital thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis JAMA 283 2686-2692

[9] Roe MT(2004)Time delay to treatment and mortality in primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: every minute of delay counts Circulation 109 1223-1225

[10] Lotfi M(1996)Early thrombolytic treatment in acute myocardial infarction: reappraisal of the golden hour Lancet 348 771-775

[1] Jacobs AK(2003)Primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction–is it worth the wait? N Engl J Med 349 798-800

[2] Grines CL(2003)Fibrinolytic therapy: is it a treatment of the past? Circulation 107 2538-2542

[3] Serruys P(2003)Has my patient achieved adequate myocardial reperfusion? Circulation 108 504-507

[4] O'Neill WW(2002)Primary angioplasty versus "earlier" thrombolysis–time for a wake-up call Lancet 360 814-816

[5] Gibson CM(2004)Rationale and strategies for implementing community-based transfer protocols for primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction J Am Coll Cardiol 43 2153-2159

[6] Stone GW(2003)Primary angioplasty versus intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: a quantitative review of 23 randomised trials Lancet 361 13-20

[7] Waters RE(2004)Primary angioplasty and thrombolysis are both reasonable options in acute myocardial infarction Ann Intern Med 141 292-297

[8] Singh KP(2000)Mortality and prehospital thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis JAMA 283 2686-2692

[9] Roe MT(2004)Time delay to treatment and mortality in primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: every minute of delay counts Circulation 109 1223-1225

[10] Lotfi M(1996)Early thrombolytic treatment in acute myocardial infarction: reappraisal of the golden hour Lancet 348 771-775