Journal article
Primary percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute myocardial infarction and prior coronary artery bypass grafting
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The outcome of patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unclear. We sought to assess the outcome of patients with prior CABG undergoing primary PCI for the treatment of AMI.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Between 1991 and 1997, 1072 patients with AMI underwent primary PCI without antecedent thrombolytic …
Authors
Al Suwaidi J; Velianou JL; Berger PB; Mathew V; Garratt KN; Reeder GS; Grill DE; Holmes DR
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 142, No. 3, pp. 452–459
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2001
DOI
10.1067/mhj.2001.117319
ISSN
0002-8703