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Figure 2 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for Selecting a Reperfusion Strategy
*Operator experience >75 primary PCI cases per year.
Team experience >36 primary PCI cases per year.
Applies to fibrin-specific agents.
This calculation implies that the estimated delay to the implementation of the invasive strategy is >1 h versus initiation of fibrinolytic therapy immediately with a fibrin-specific agent. Reprinted with permission from Antman et al. (2). ICH = intracerebral hemorrhage; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI = ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.