TY - JOUR
T1 - Intervention with PTCA and CABG following thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction
T2 - Australian data from GUSTO 1 (1991-3) and International Study Group r-TPA Streptokinase Mortality (1989) trials
AU - Tideman, Philip A.
AU - Fabri, Jackie K.
AU - Aylward, Philip E.
AU - Simes, R. J.
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - The patterns of revascularisation with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in the GUSTO 1 trial patients in Australia are described. In comparison with rates documented in earlier trials of thrombolytic therapy in Australia, the rates of revascularisation post-thrombolysis increased by 50%, primarily due to a doubling in the rate of use of PTCA. However, the rates were low by international comparisons. There were marked variations in the rates of revascularisation between States, but no correlation with differences in mortality between States. The main predictors of post thrombolysis PTCA were prior angina, mild infarction and access to PTCA facilities.
AB - The patterns of revascularisation with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in the GUSTO 1 trial patients in Australia are described. In comparison with rates documented in earlier trials of thrombolytic therapy in Australia, the rates of revascularisation post-thrombolysis increased by 50%, primarily due to a doubling in the rate of use of PTCA. However, the rates were low by international comparisons. There were marked variations in the rates of revascularisation between States, but no correlation with differences in mortality between States. The main predictors of post thrombolysis PTCA were prior angina, mild infarction and access to PTCA facilities.
KW - Acute myocardial infarction
KW - Coronary artery bypass graft
KW - Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
KW - Regional variations
KW - Thrombolysis
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb02106.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb02106.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 9777135
AN - SCOPUS:7344236788
VL - 28
SP - 533
EP - 540
JO - Internal Medicine Journal
JF - Internal Medicine Journal
SN - 0004-8291
IS - 4
ER -