Pharmacological treatment for myocardial infarction. Part 1: Implications of clinical trials of thrombolytic and antithrombotic therapies

Aim. To summarize the pharmacological interventions in myocardial infarction. Part one of the series concentrates on thrombolytic and antithrombotic therapies. Part two concentrates on other adjunctiye therapies in myocardial infarction. Methods. A review of the results of randomly allocated clinical trials and meta-analyses of treatments for myocardial infarction. Results. Large randomized trials have demonstrated that thrombolytic therapy can …