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Clinical and Angiographic Follow-Up After Primary Stenting in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Gregg W. Stone, Bruce R. Brodie, John J. Griffin, Costantino Costantini, Marie Claude Morice, Frederick G. St. Goar, Paul Overlie, Jeffrey J. Popma, JoAnn McDonnell, Denise Jones,

Circulation · 1999 · 189 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

A strategy of routine stent implantation during mechanical reperfusion of AMI is safe and is associated with favorable event-free survival and low rates of restenosis compared with primary PTCA alone.

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A Comparison of Immediate Angioplasty with Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction

Cindy L. Grines, Kevin F. Browne, Jean Marco et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1993 · 2K citations · Full text

A Comparison of Immediate Coronary Angioplasty with Intravenous Streptokinase in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Felix Zijlstra, Menko Jan de Boer, Jan C.A. Hoorntje et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1993 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Comparison of Primary Coronary Angioplasty and Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction

Will Weaver · JAMA · 1997 · 1K citations

A Clinical Trial Comparing Primary Coronary Angioplasty with Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Myocardial Infarction

New England Journal of Medicine · 1997 · 944 citations · Full text

Immediate Angioplasty Compared with the Administration of a Thrombolytic Agent Followed by Conservative Treatment for Myocardial Infarction

Raymond J. Gibbons, David R. Holmes, Guy S. Reeder et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1993 · 816 citations · Full text