RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Rizzo, Toni
T1 Preventive PCI Reduces Cardiac Events by 65% in Patients with Acute STEMI
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 15
SP 12
OP 13
DO 10.1177/155989771315006
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/15/12.abstract
AB Emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of an infarcted coronary artery is an efficacious treatment for patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, the value of performing PCI on these arteries (preventive PCI) during primary PCI for STEMI is unknown. The objective of the Preventive Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction trial [PRAMI; Wald DS et al. N Engl J Med 2013] was to determine whether preventive PCI performed during the same procedure as the infarct-artery PCI would reduce the incidence of cardiac-related death, nonfatal MI, or refractory angina with evidence of ischemia.