Summary

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.