A Randomized Trial Comparing Primary Angioplasty With a Strategy of Short-Acting Thrombolysis and Immediate Planned Rescue Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction: The PACT Trial

Allan M. Ross, MD, FACC,* Karin S. Coyne, PHD, RN, MPH,* Jonathan S. Reiner, MD, FACC,* Samuel W. Greenhouse, PHD,† Cynthia Fink, MPH,* Anthony Frey, MD,* Eduardo Moreyra, MD, FACC,* Mouhieddin Traboulsi, MD, FACC,‡ Normand Racine, MD,§ Arthur L. Riba, MD, FACC,\ Mark A. Thompson, MD, FACC,¶ Steven Rohrbeck, MD, FACC,# Conor F. Lundergan, MD,* for the PACT Investigators Washington, DC; Calgary, Alberta, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Dearborn, Michigan; Rochester, New York; and High Point, North Carolina