Does immediate PTCA reduce the combined occurrence of nonfatal reinfarction or death in patients with acute myocardial infarction compared with t-PA therapy?
Immediate PTCA provides better clinical outcomes than t-PA therapy for acute myocardial infarction by reducing reinfarction, death, and intracranial hemorrhage.
As compared with t-PA therapy for acute myocardial infarction, immediate PTCA reduced the combined occurrence of nonfatal reinfarction or death, was associated with a lower rate of intracranial hemorrhage, and resulted in similar left ventricular systolic function.
Grines et al. (Thu,) studied this question.