Table 14: Characteristics of Rescue PCI and Repeat Thrombolysis Trials Included in the Meta-Analysis by Testa et al. (11).

Study	Design	N	Followup	Symptom Onset to Lytic (min)	Symptom Onset to Rescue PCI (min)	Symptom Onset to RT (min)
REACT (33)	Rescue PCI vs. CT vs. RT	427	6 months	140 (95-220)*	414 (350-505)*	332†
MERLIN (34)	Rescue PCI vs. CT	307	1 month	180 ± 120‡	327 ± 121‡	NA
RESCUE II (35)	Rescue PCI vs. CT	29	1 month	210 ± 156‡	294 ± 252‡	NA
RESCUE (36)	Rescue PCI vs. CT	151	1 month	Not reported	270 ± 110‡	NA
TAMI (37)	Rescue PCI vs. CT	108	In hospital	176 ± 62‡	268 ± 71‡	NA
Belenkie et al. (38)	Rescue PCI vs. CT	28	In hospital	<180	257 ± 57‡	NA
Sarullo et al. (39)	RT vs. CT	90	In hospital	112 ± 55‡	NA	NA
Mounsey et al. (40)	RT vs. CT	37	1.5 months	216 (36-648)§	NA	360 (126-648)§

^*Median and interquartile range

^†Median

^‡Mean and standard deviation

^§Median and range

CT refers to conventional therapy; MERLIN, Middlesbrough Early Revascularization to Limit Infarction trial; NA, to not applicable; REACT, Rescue Angioplasty versus Conservative Treatment or Repeat Thrombolysis Trial; RESCUE, Randomized Comparison of Rescue Angioplasty with Conservative Management of Patients with Early Failure of Thrombolysis for Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction trial; RT, repeat thrombolysis; TAMI, Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Study