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Balloon angioplasty outperforms clot-busting drugs for early heart attack patients

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SUPPORTED
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Clinical guidelines and evidence consistently support primary percutaneous coronary intervention (balloon angioplasty) as the preferred and most effective reperfusion strategy for early heart attack patients, provided it can be performed in a timely manner.

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The retrieved literature consistently supports the standard medical consensus that primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI/balloon angioplasty) is the preferred reperfusion strategy for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) when available in a timely manner, comparing favorably against or complementing pharmacologic fibrinolysis.

Evidence for · 3
Rescue percutaneous coronary intervention in the pharmaco-invasive era of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the STREAM-2 trial.
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Bainey KR, Welsh RC, Zheng Y, Bogaerts K, Ristić AD, Averkov OV, Arias-Mendoza A, Lambert Y, Sinnaeve P, Westerhout CM, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW. Rescue percutaneous coronary intervention in the pharmaco-invasive era of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the STREAM-2 trial.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf158

Discusses primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as the preferred guideline-supported strategy for ST-elevation myocardial infarction when timely access is available.

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Intracoronary Thrombolysis in no Flow after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Goutam Datta. Intracoronary Thrombolysis in no Flow after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction. 2020. https://doi.org/10.31579/2641-0419/114

Notes that mechanical revascularization via primary PCI is the most effective treatment modality in acute myocardial infarction.

Outcomes according to timely or delayed primary percutaneous coronary intervention or fibrinolysis in a national registry of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
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Laffan J, Gao H, Street A, Coughlan JJ, Armstrong R, Maree A, Blake G, Kearney P, Crowley J, Kiernan TJ, McCreery C, Aleong G, Peace A, Kennedy M, Byrne RA. Outcomes according to timely or delayed primary percutaneous coronary intervention or fibrinolysis in a national registry of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2025-003886

Refers to timely primary PCI as the preferred guideline-recommended reperfusion strategy compared to delayed approaches or alternatives.

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first checked01 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 7701 Aug 2026
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