Overview of randomized trials of intravenous heparin in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolytic therapy.

Intravenous heparin is routinely given after thrombolytic therapy for patients with acute myocardial infarction in the United States and in some, but by no means all, other countries. Several trials have documented improved infarct-artery patency in patients treated with heparin; however, none was l...

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Main Authors: Mahaffey, K, Granger, C, Collins, R, O'Connor, C, Ohman, E, Bleich, S, Col, J, Califf, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1996