PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vinall, Maria
ED  - Di Mario, Carlo
TI  - Immediate Angioplasty after Thrombolytic Therapy Can save Lives and Reduce Recurrent Heart Attacks in AMI Patients
DP  - 2007 Nov 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 12--13
VI  - 7
IP  - 5
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/5/12.2.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/5/12.2.full
AB  - For patients with ST-elevation myocdardial infarction (STEMI), reperfusion with primary PCI is recommended if it can be performed within 90 minutes. However, treatment within this narrow window can not always be achieved, especially for patients who present to a hospital without a PCI facility. Fibrinolytic therapy is still the preferred treatment in this setting. The Combined Abciximab Reteplase Stent Study in Acute Myocardial Infarction [CARESS] trial was designed to compare a strategy of early transfer after fibrinolysis versus a strategy of medical treatment and transfer for PCI only if there was no evidence of reperfusion.