Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Early treatment of acute myocardial infarction

  • New Drugs and Therapeutics
  • Published:
Drugs & Therapy Perspectives Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Forman DE, Rich MW. Management of acute myocardial infarction in the elderly. Drugs & Aging 1996 May; 8(5): 358–77

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Aylward P. Acute myocardial infarction: early treatment. Australian Prescriber 1996; 19(2): 52–4

    Google Scholar 

  3. Saltissi S, Mushahwar SS. The management of acute myocardial infarction. Postgrad Med J 1995; 71: 534–41

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. British National Formulary No. 31. London: The Pharmaceutical Press, 1996 Mar

  5. Add ACE inhibitors to the range of treatment options post-MI. Drug Ther Perspect 1995 Jun 12; 5(11): 9–11

    Google Scholar 

  6. ISIS-2 (second International Study of Infarct Survival) Collaborative Group. Randomised trial of intravenous streptokinase, oral aspirin, both or neither among 17,187 cases of suspected acute myocardial infarction: ISIS-2. Lancet 1988; 2: 349–60

    Google Scholar 

  7. Fibrinolytic Therapy Trialists’ (FTT) Collaborative Group. Indications for fibrinolytic therapy in suspected acute myocardial infarction: collaborative overview of early mortality and major morbidity results from all randomised trials of more than 1000 patients. Lancet 1994 Feb 5; 343: 311–22

    Google Scholar 

  8. Steinberg JS, Hochman JS, Morgan CD, et al. Effects of thrombolytic therapy administered 6 to 24 hours after myocardial infarction on the signal-average ECG: results of a multicenter randomized trial. LATE Ancillary Study Investigators. Late Assessment of Thrombolytic Efficacy. Circulation 1994; 90: 746–52

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Krumholz HM, Pasternak RC, Weinstein MC, et al. Cost effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy with streptokinase in elderly patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction N Engl J Med 1992; 327: 7–13

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Streptokinase: still useful for elderly patients with acute MI. Drug Ther Perspect 1994 Jul 25; 4(2): 5–7

    Google Scholar 

  11. Gunnar RM, Bourdillon PDV, Dixon DW, et al. ACC/AHA guidelines for the early management of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 1990; 82: 664–707

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Collins R, MacMahon S, Flather M, et al. Clinical effects of anticoagulatant therapy in suspected acute myocardial infarction: systematic overview of randomised trials. Br Med J 1996 Sep 14; 7058: 652–9

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Michels KB, Yusuf S. Does PTCA in acute myocardial infarction affect mortality and reinfarction rates?: a quantitative overview (meta-analysis) of the randomized clinical trials. Circulation 1995; 91: 476–85

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Stone GW, Grines CL, Vlietstra R, et al. Primary angioplasty is the preferred therapy for women and the elderly with acute myocardial infarction: results of the Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PAMI) trial [abstract] J Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 21(2): 330A

    Google Scholar 

  15. De Bono DP, Hopkins A. The management of acute myocardial infarction: guidelines and audit standards. J R Coll Physicians Lond 1994; 28: 312–7

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Early treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Drugs Ther. Perspect 8, 8–12 (1996). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-199608120-00004

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-199608120-00004

Keywords

Search

Navigation