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Reinfarction in the first days after successful thrombolysis occurs in 10 to 20% of patients (1, 2). Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (3) or bypass surgery (4) have been shown to prevent reinfarction in selected patients (3,4). Because of a certain risk involved, these methods should only be applied in those patients in whom a clinically relevant limitation of infarct size could be achieved. Therefore, myocardial salavage should be assessed immediately after thrombolysis.
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Mathey, D.G., Schofer, J. (1986). Planar and tomographic scintigraphic studies in connection with coronary thrombolysis. In: Effert, S., von Essen, R., Hugenholtz, P.G., Uebis, R., Verstraete, M. (eds) Facts and Hopes in Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07174-8_17
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