Reperfusionsstrategien beim Myokardinfarkt: Stellenwert der interventionellen Kardiologie

Role of Interventional Cardioloy in Reperfusion Strategies of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Dependent on the availability of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) within 90 minutes from first medical contact, either fast transfer to an experienced high-volume tertiary care center for PPCI or immediate thrombolytic therapy (TT) has to be preferred in patients presenting with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). According to mortality data, pre-hospital (but also inhospital) TT has success rates comparable with PPCI when initiated within the first 3 hours after the onset