Coronary Intervention for Persistent Occlusion after Myocardial Infarction
New York University · Mount Sinai Medical Center · +15 more institutions
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Abstract
Background
It is unclear whether stable, high-risk patients with persistent total occlusion of the infarct-related coronary artery identified after the currently accepted period for myocardial salvage has passed should undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in addition to receiving optimal medical therapy to reduce the risk of subsequent events.
Methods
We conducted a randomized study involving 2166 stable patients who had total occlusion of the infarct-related artery 3 to 28 days after myocardial infarction and who met a high-risk criterion (an ejection fraction of
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Keywords
- Medicine
- Conventional PCI
- Myocardial infarction
- Hazard ratio
- Percutaneous coronary intervention
- Cardiology
- Internal medicine
- Ejection fraction
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