Angiography and revascularization in patients with heart failure following fibrinolytic therapy for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction

We evaluated the use of coronary angiography and clinical outcomes among patients who had heart failure and were enrolled in the Intravenous Novel Plasminogen Activator (NPA) for the Treatment of Infarcting Myocardium Early study, a large international trial of fibrinolytic therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.