TY - GEN AU - Mohamed Aly Shehata AU - Ahmed Elsherif , AU - Hassan Khaled , AU - Mohamed Ashraf , TI - Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention as a new treatment strategy for acute myocardial infarction / PY - 2005/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Aly Shehata , KW - Facilitated PCI KW - Myocardial infarction N1 - Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Critical Care Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -