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Editorial
. 2002 Apr;87(4):312-3.
doi: 10.1136/heart.87.4.312.

Thrombolysis: too old and too young

S G Ball
Editorial

Thrombolysis: too old and too young

S G Ball. Heart. 2002 Apr.
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Observed mortalities according to age in patients thought likely to benefit from fibrinolysis—that is, within six hours and with anterior ST elevation. Mortality in the younger age group was 6.8% in those thrombolysed against 9.8% in those not. However, in patients aged 75–85 years the reverse was observed, with a higher 18% mortality in those thrombolysed compared with 15.4% in those not. Adapted from Thiemannet al, Circulation 2000;101:2239–46, with permission.
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