| pubmed-article:9463058 | pubmed:abstractText | The lower prevalence of ventricular late potentials (LPs) in signal-averaged electrocardiograms (SAECG) observed in patients (pts) treated with systemic thrombolysis, as compared with SAECGs in conventionally treated pts, has been attributed to the patency of the infarct-related artery. Mechanical reperfusion, achieved by means of either primary or rescue percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), is associated with higher permeability rates and reduced residual stenosis in the infarct-related artery, when compared to systemic thrombolysis. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the prevalence of LPs in pts recovering from a first high-risk acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treated with primary or rescue PTCA. | lld:pubmed |
