Marcello Marino, Gabriele Crimi, Sergio Leonardi, Marco Ferlini, Alessandra Repetto, Rita Camporotondo, Andrea Demarchi, Ilaria De Pascali, Francesca Falcinella, Luigi Oltrona Visconti, Stefano De Servi, Maurizio Ferrario, Gaetano Maria De Ferrari, Massimiliano Gnecchi
The management of noninfarct-related arteries in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel coronary disease (MVD) is still debated. We evaluated the prognostic impact of staged complete revascularization with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in STEMI patients with MVD admitted to our hospital from 2005 to 2013. Patients undergoing staged complete revascularization (n = 300) were compared with 1:1 propensity score-matched patients with culprit lesion-only treatment (n = 300)...
February 15, 2017: American Journal of Cardiology