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Jiménez-Quevedo P, Sabaté M, Angiolillo DJ, Hernández Antolín R, Fernández C, Corros C, Alfonso F, Escaned J, Bañuelos C, Moreno R, Perez-Vizcayno MJ, Macaya C

[Predictors of mortality following rescue percutaneous intervention].

Rev Esp Cardiol. 2004 Dec;57(12):1151-8, PMID: 15617638

Rescue percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a mechanical reperfusion strategy aimed at achieving patency of the infarct-related artery after failed thrombolysis. However, in randomized studies the indication for rescue PTCA was per protocol rather than based on clinical criteria. The aim of this study was to determine predictors of mortality at 30 days following rescue percutaneous intervention.

CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS