A pioneering study by Rentrop et al. 1 showed that intracoronary infusion of streptokinase could achieve rapid recanalization following acute myocardial infarction. The seminal work by DeWood et ...
This number is likely to increase owing to aging of the population, improved survival after acute myocardial infarction ... for severe insufficiency, or revascularization in case of ischemia ...
This frequently occurs in the setting of a large myocardial infarction ... potentially multi-system organ failure and can be fatal. Revascularization by PCI or CABG is recommended in this setting ...