PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vinall, Phil
ED  - Ellis, Stephen
TI  - No Benefit Shown for Facilitated PCI
DP  - 2007 Nov 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 12--12
VI  - 7
IP  - 5
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/5/12.1.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/5/12.1.full
AB  - Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) performed within 90 minutes of first medical contact is often difficult to achieve, especially when inter-hospital transfer is necessary. In light of this, investigators have evaluated the benefit of facilitated PCI, or PCI performed early after the administration of a fibrinolytic agent or GPIIb/IIIa inhibitor or a combination of these agents. The Facilitated Intervention with Enhanced Reperfusion Speed to Stop Events [FINESSE] study was designed to compare the outcomes of standard primary PCI with two different facilitated PCI strategies.