Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 11 , Pages 1505-1508 , November 2010

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention and thrombolysis improve survival in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and pre-hospital resuscitation

  • Oliver Koeth

      Affiliations

    • Herzzentrum Ludwigshafen, Department of Cardiology, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • For the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction Plus (MITRA Plus) study group.
    • ,
  • Ralf Zahn

      Affiliations

    • Herzzentrum Ludwigshafen, Department of Cardiology, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • For the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction Plus (MITRA Plus) study group.
    • ,
  • Timm Bauer

      Affiliations

    • Herzzentrum Ludwigshafen, Department of Cardiology, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • For the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction Plus (MITRA Plus) study group.
    • ,
  • Claus Juenger

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen an der Universität Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • For the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction Plus (MITRA Plus) study group.
    • ,
  • Anselm Kai Gitt

      Affiliations

    • Herzzentrum Ludwigshafen, Department of Cardiology, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • Institut für Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen an der Universität Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • For the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction Plus (MITRA Plus) study group.
    • ,
  • Jochen Senges

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen an der Universität Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • For the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction Plus (MITRA Plus) study group.
    • ,
  • Uwe Zeymer

      Affiliations

    • Herzzentrum Ludwigshafen, Department of Cardiology, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • Institut für Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen an der Universität Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • For the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction Plus (MITRA Plus) study group.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Department of Cardiology, Bremserstr. 79, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany. Tel.: +49 621 503 4000; fax: +49 621 503 4002.

Received 17 December 2009 ,Revised 18 May 2010 ,Accepted 11 June 2010.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.06.018.

☆☆ Results from the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction-Plus (MITRA Plus) Registry.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00365-5

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.06.018

Resuscitation
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