Cardiac rupture, mortality and the timing of thrombolytic therapy: a meta-analysis.

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Summary

Thrombolytic therapy early after acute myocardial infarction improves survival and decreases the risk of cardiac rupture, and late administration of thromboleytic therapy also appears to improve survival but may increase the riskof cardiac rupture.

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review
Published
1990-08-01
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Keywords

Medicine, Meta-analysis, Cardiology, Internal medicine, Intensive care medicine

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