Dennis T. Ko, M.D. However, a significant proportion of STEMI patients will "fail" to reperfuse following fibrinolytic therapy; indeed, normal coronary blood flow (TIMI flow grade 3) is achieved in ...

Among individual samples used for clot formulation and fibrinolysis assays, baseline clotting varied significantly, which the researchers expected. While all replacement products resulted in ...

Fibrinolysis can be used to treat patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) when facilities for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are not available. There ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Prehospital fibrinolysis with timely coronary angiography results in equally effective reperfusion compared with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients ...

The skeleton is among the most commonly injured body tissues. Every year more than 16 million fractures of long bones occur in the United States. Fortunately, bone has excellent regenerative potential ...

ST-segment resolution is often used as a surrogate end point in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Using data from ...