Early and long-term outcome of elective stenting of the infarct-related artery in patients with viability in the infarct-area: Rationale and design of the Viability-guided Angioplasty after acute Myocardial Infarction-trial (The VIAMI-trial)
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is becoming the standard therapy in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), to date most patients, even in developed countries, are reperfused with intravenous thrombolysi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2004-11-01
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Series: | Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine |
Online Access: | http://cvm.controlled-trials.com/content/5/1/11 |