Written for doctors treating patients in the coronary care unit, accident and emergency unit, or on general medical wards, this is a concise and practical guide to life-saving thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction. The author has substantial first hand experience both of managing acute myocardial infarction and of the clinical trials leading to the introduction of this new and highly effective treatment. The book gives information on both the historical background to thrombolytic therapy and the latest drugs. This book will also be of interest to general practitioners, particularly those comtemplating out of hospital thombolysis, and to CCU nurses