Summary

There may be a role for deferred stent placement in selected patients with STEMI and a high thrombus burden to reduce the risk of microvascular obstruction or no-reflow, according to data from the DEFER-STEMI, MIMI, and OTOCLAV trials. However, larger, multicenter, prospective studies are required to confirm these findings.

  • percutaneous coronary intervention
  • STEMI
  • DEFER-STEMI
  • myocardial infarction
  • TIMI
  • microvascular obstruction
  • intraprocedural thrombotic events
  • T-TIME
  • stenting
  • cardiology & cardiovascular medicine clinical trials
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