NEJM Paper Confirms Value Of Early Fibrinolysis In STEMI

New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) paper shows prehospital or early fibrinolysis with Metalyse® (tenecteplase) delivers comparable clinical outcomes to gold standard intervention for patients who would not have access to primary PCI within 60 minutes after the first medical contact(b) New data published in NEJM demonstrates that patients with STEMI who cannot undergo primary PCI within 60 minutes of first medical contact have similar clinical outcomes with early fibrinolysis with Metalyse® (tenecteplase, TNK-tPA) in combination with clopidogrel and enoxaparin...
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