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To the Editor: In their study of patients with acute myocardial infarction that was treated with either thrombolytic therapy or primary angioplasty, Canto et al. (May 25 issue)¹ found that in hospitals with angioplasty facilities, a higher volume of primary angioplasty procedures was associated with a lower mortality rate. They found no association between volume and mortality for thrombolytic therapy.

The 1999 recommendations of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association² regarding the treatment of acute myocardial infarction suggested that primary angioplasty should be performed only by experienced interventional cardiologists in a timely fashion. The statement relied . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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