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Primary angioplasty versus prehospital thrombolysis: how do the treatment costs compare?

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boxed-textMachecourt J et al. (2005) Primary angioplasty is cost-minimizing compared with pre-hospital thrombolysis for patients within 60 min of a percutaneous coronary intervention center: the Comparison of Angioplasty and Pre-hospital Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction (CAPTIM) cost–efficacy sub-study. J Am Coll Cardiol 45: 515–524

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