Which out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients should be thrombolysed? (Letter)

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McCartney, B
McQuail, P
Garrett, P
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2016
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To the Editor, It appears that there is benefit with thrombolysis in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and hemodynamically unstable pulmonary embolism (PE) [1], [2]. In cardiac arrest the evidence is inconclusive although there is a robust biological rationale [1], [2]. TROICA (Thrombolysis for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest), a large double-blinded randomized placebo controlled trial showed no difference in 30-day mortality between thrombolysis and placebo group [3].

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American Journal of Emergency Medicine

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34

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5

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McCartney, B; McQuail, P; Garrett, P, Which out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients should be thrombolysed? (Letter), American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016, 34 (5), pp. 916-917

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