Cited by 131Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsAntiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 24 of the 24 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

Influence of prehospital administration of aspirin and heparin on initial patency of the infarct-related artery in patients with acute st elevation myocardial infarction

Open access

Abstract

Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of prehospital administration of aspirin and heparin on the initial patency of the infarct-related artery (IRA) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). Background Prehospital diagnosis of acute MI facilitates early pharmacologic intervention on the way to the catheterization laboratory for primary angioplasty. Methods We studied the angiographic data and 30-day clinical outcome of 1,702 patients treated with primary angioplasty; 860 received aspirin and heparin before transportation to our hospital and 842 received aspirin and heparin in our hospital. Results The Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 2 or 3 flow in the IRA was higher in the prehospital treated group (31% vs. 20%, relative risk 0.65, 95% confidence interval 0.55 to 0.78, p < 0.001). Patients with TIMI 2 or 3 flow on the initial angiogram had a higher angioplasty success rate (94% vs. 89%, p < 0.001), a smaller enzymatic infarct size, a higher left ventricular ejection fraction and a lower 30-day mortality (1.6% vs. 3.4%, p = 0.04). Conclusions Prehospital administration of aspirin and heparin results in a higher initial patency of the IRA in patients with acute MI.

Overview

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)01856-9

Cites

24 of 24 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Verification

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Citations

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 1

  1. 1988, Randomised trial of intravenous streptokinase, oral aspirin, both, or neither among 17,187 cases of suspected acute myocardial infarction, Lancet, 2, 349

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Metadata

Authors
Zijlstra, F., Ernst, N., de Boer, M.-J., Nibbering, E., Suryapranata, H., Hoorntje, J. C. A., Dambrink, J.-H. E., van’t Hof, A. W. J., & Verheugt, F. W. A.
Affiliations
Isala (NL)
Corresponding author
Zijlstra, Felix
Venue
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2002-06
Volume
39
Issue
11
Pages
1733-1737
ISSN
0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2008443325
Cited by
131
References
24
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
FWCI
7.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
Keywords
acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction, infarct-related artery patency, TIMI flow, primary percutaneous coronary intervention, prehospital thrombolysis, 30-day mortality, left ventricular ejection fraction
MeSH terms
Aspirin, Drug Therapy, Combination, Electrocardiography, Emergency Medical Services, Fibrinolytic Agents, Heparin, Humans, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Coronary Angiography

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review