Temporal Trends in Care and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Fibrinolytic Therapy Compared to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG‐CAD) Registry

Temporal Trends in Care and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Fibrinolytic Therapy Compared to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG‐CAD) Registry

BackgroundTimely reperfusion after ST‐elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) improves survival. Guidelines recommend primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) within 90 minutes of arrival at a PCI‐capable hospital. The alternative is fibrinolysis within 30 minutes for those in those for who...

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Main Authors: Ravi S. Hira, Deepak L. Bhatt, Gregg C. Fonarow, Paul A. Heidenreich, Christine Ju, Salim S. Virani, Biykem Bozkurt, Laura A. Petersen, Adrian F. Hernandez, Lee H. Schwamm, Zubin J. Eapen, Michelle A. Albert, Li Liang, Roland A. Matsouaka, Eric D. Peterson, Hani Jneid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
fibrinolysis
myocardial infarction
outcome and process assessment
primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.004113

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