Let's Not Let the Genie Escape from the Bottle — Again

摘要: A BOLD and exciting new technique to protect ischemic myocardium has recently been developed. In several pilot studies carried out in patients with acute myocardial infarction, it shown that acutely occluded coronary arteries can be recanalized by the intracoronary injection of streptokinase or a fibrinolytic agent.1 2 3 4 5 6 If optimum care is provided million so who have infarction each year, this deserves more carefully designed evaluation than given similarly bold developed little decade ago: coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG). CABG was quickly recognized . . .