Importance of Early and Complete Reperfusion to Achieve Myocardial Salvage After Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction Peter Clemmensen, MD, E. Magnus Ohman, FRCPI, Dorina C. Sevilla, MD, Nancy 6. Wagner, BA, Peter S. Quigley, FRCPI, Peer Grande, MD, PhD, and Galen S. Wagner, MD The importance of the timing and completeness of coronary artery reperfusfon for limitation of acute myocardial intarction (AMI) size after intravenous thrombotytk therapy was studied in 39 patients. All had etectrecardiographic epkardial injury and acute coronary angiography performed