Deferred or immediate stent implantation for primary percutaneous coronary intervention: A meta-analysis of randomized trials.
Ahmed N MahmoudMarwan SaadAkram Y ElgendyAmgad MentiasAkram Y ElgendyPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2017)
In patients undergoing primary PCI, deferred stent implantation is associated with improvement in surrogate outcomes, but does not appear to improve clinical outcomes. Future randomized trials are encouraged to identify the patient population who might benefit from a deferred stent implantation strategy (e.g., high thrombus burden).
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- patients undergoing
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- case report
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- skeletal muscle