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Sustained Benefit 20 Years After Reperfusion Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Ron T. van Domburg, PhD^_*,_*, Karel Sonnenschein, MSc^_*, Robby Nieuwlaat, MSc, Otto Kamp, MD, PhD, Corstiaan J. Storm, MD, Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD^|| and Maarten L. Simoons, MD, PhD^_*

^_* Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Medical Center Rijnmond Zuid Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
^|| Leids University Medical Center Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Cumulative survival after reperfusion therapy or conventional therapy.

View larger version (22K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 (a) Yearly incidence of myocardial re-infarction. (b) Yearly incidence of revascularization (coronary bypass surgery or coronary angioplasty). *Five-year average.