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Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention as a new treatment strategy for acute myocardial infarction /

Mohamed Aly Shehata

Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention as a new treatment strategy for acute myocardial infarction / التدخل المسهل للشرايين التاجية عبر الجلد كوسيلة علاجية حديثة للأحتشاء الحاد لعضلة القلب Mohamed Aly Shehata ; Supervised Hassan Khaled , Ahmed Elsherif , Mohamed Ashraf - Cairo : Mohamed Aly Shehata , 2005 - 219P : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Critical Care Medicine

Restoring the patency of infarct related artery in acute myocardial infarction can be achieved using a new treatment strategy of facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) , where half dose thrombolytic therapy and antiplatelets are used prior to primary PCI , the aim of this study to compare the efficacy and safety of facilitated PCI to conventional primary PCI , 20 pts in each group were studied , where facilitated group showed a better epicardial flow (TIMI) , myocardial perfusion and clinical outcomes with low hemorrhagic complications



Facilitated PCI Myocardial infarction