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Editorial
. 2005 Dec;91(12):1509-11.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.059485. Epub 2005 May 27.

Should primary angioplasty be available for all patients with an ST elevation myocardial infarction?

A de Belder
Editorial

Should primary angioplasty be available for all patients with an ST elevation myocardial infarction?

A de Belder. Heart. 2005 Dec.

Abstract

For the acute myocardial infarction patient, percutaneous coronary intervention is clearly superior to thrombolysis for many clinical end points, yet widespread availability of PCI services is still far from being realised.

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