Discussion on CardioExchange: Fibrinolysis Now or Primary PCI Later?

Rick Lange and David Hillis talk with Frans van de Werf about his STREAM trial of STEMI patients, which compared prompt fibrinolysis followed by catheterization and appropriate rescue coronary intervention with transport for primary PCI. Which would you recommend for patients?

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