Primary Angioplasty versus Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Quantitative Review of 23 Randomised Trials
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Landmark Article?:
No
Journal Name:
The Lancet
Year Published:
2003
Article Keywords:
tPA, PCI, thrombolytic therapy, acute MI, ACS, myocardial infarction
Article Brief Summary:
A good systematic review of 23 large randomized control trials that compared tPA vs PCI for acute MI. This article showed that there was a 2% absolute risk reduction of death in patient undergoing PCI vs tPA. There was a 6% absolute risk reduction when the end points of death, non-fatal reinfarction and stroke were looked at for PCI vs tPA.