Conference
Thrombolysis and Adjunctive Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy
Abstract
This chapter about antithrombotic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (MI) is part of the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: Evidence Based Guidelines. Grade 1 recommendations are strong and indicate that the benefits do, or do not, outweigh risks, burden, and costs. Grade 2 suggests that individual patients' values may lead to different choices (for a full understanding of the grading see Guyatt et al, …
Authors
Menon V; Harrington RA; Hochman JS; Cannon CP; Goodman SD; Wilcox RG; Schünemann HJ; Ohman EM
Volume
126
Pagination
pp. 549s-575s
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2004
DOI
10.1378/chest.126.3_suppl.549s
Conference proceedings
CHEST Journal
Issue
3
ISSN
0012-3692
Fields of Research (FoR)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AspirinClopidogrelContraindicationsDrug Therapy, CombinationElectrocardiographyEvidence-Based MedicineFibrinolytic AgentsHeparinHeparin, Low-Molecular-WeightHumansInfusions, IntravenousInjections, SubcutaneousMyocardial InfarctionRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk AssessmentSecondary PreventionThrombolytic TherapyTiclopidine