Table 3.

In-hospital events

	Fibrinolysis (n = 99)	Angioplasty (n = 103)	p Value
Primary end points
Death	9 (9.1%)	7 (6.8%)	0.55
Reinfarction	1 (1.0%)	0	0.49
Composite (death + reinfarction)	10 (10.1%)	7 (6.8%)	0.39
Other cardiac events
Recurrent ischaemia	17 (17.2%)	6 (5.8%)	0.011
Heart failure	13 (13.1%)	17 (16.5%)	0.50
Inhospital revascularisation	19 (19.2%)	6 (5.8%)	0.004
Non-cardiac events
Bleeding (overall)	15 (15.2%)	10 (9.7%)	0.24
Bleeding (moderate and severe)	4 (4.0%)	5 (4.9%)	1.00
Stroke (haemorrhagic)	1 (1.0%)	0	0.49
Stroke (ischaemic)	2 (2.0%)	2 (1.9%)	1.00
Duration of hospitalisation (days (SD))	8.21 (4.98)	7.65 (3.64)	0.36