TY - JOUR T1 - Reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 49 LP - 53 DO - 10.1136/dtb.2005.43749 VL - 43 IS - 7 A2 - , Y1 - 2005/07/01 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/43/7/49.abstract N2 - Relevant BNF section: 2.10Each year, around 240,000 people in England and Wales have an acute myocardial infarction.1 Of these, around half die within a month, many before reaching medical help. The likelihood of early and longer-term morbidity (e.g. heart failure, arrhythmias) and death is related to the extent of myocardial damage. Rapid restoration of blood flow to the affected muscle (reperfusion) limits the damage and improves the clinical outlook. Here we discuss different methods of achieving reperfusion in patients with myocardial infarction. ER -