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St Segment Resolution Post Mi--A Predictor Of Better Outcomes, Shuja-Ur-Rehman, Sidrah Sheikh, Mohsin Nazeer
St Segment Resolution Post Mi--A Predictor Of Better Outcomes, Shuja-Ur-Rehman, Sidrah Sheikh, Mohsin Nazeer
Section of Cardiology
OBJECTIVE: To compare, the post Myocardial Infarction in-patient outcome of patients with early ST resolution to those without ST resolution on ECG, in a South Asian population.METHODS: This was a prospective study done at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore. Consecutive patients of ST elevation myocardial infarction, who were not treated with primary angioplasty but were thrombolysed were recruited at the time of arrival in the emergency department. Streptokinase was administered to all patients as the agent of thrombolysis. ECG was acquired at baseline and at 60 minutes post streptokinase administration. Patients were subsequently divided into two groups (A) Patients …