ESC - European Society of Cardiology
ESC - European Society of Cardiology
09/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/01/2024 09:57
The benefits of complete revascularisation confirmed in older patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
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This press release accompanies both a presentation and an ESC press conference at ESC Congress 2024. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Society of Cardiology.
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Disclosures: Gianluca Campo received institutional unconditioned research grants from SMT, Medis, Siemens, GE and Eukon for the conduction of the FIRE trial.
References and notes
1'EARTH-STEMI - Complete vs. culprit-only revascularization in older STEMI patients' will be discussed during Hot Line 8 on Sunday 1 September in room London.
2Mehta SR, Wood DA, Storey RF, et al. Complete revascularization with multivessel PCI for myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2019;381:1411-1421.
3Biscaglia S, Guiducci V, Escaned J, et al. Complete or culprit-only PCI in older patients with myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2023;389:889-898.
4Böhm F, Mogensen B, Engstrøm T, et al. FFR-guided complete or culprit-only PCI in patients with myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2024;390:1481-1492.
5Engstrøm T, Kelbæk H, Helqvist S, et al. Complete revascularisation versus treatment of the culprit lesion only in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease (DANAMI-3-PRIMULTI): an open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2015;386:665-671.
6Smits PC, Abdel-Wahab M, Neumann FJ, et al. Fractional flow reserve-guided multivessel angioplasty in myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2017;376:1234-1244.
7Hamza M, Mahmoud N, Elgendy IY. A randomized trial of complete versus culprit-only revascularization during primary percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetic patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction and multi vessel disease. J Interv Cardiol. 2016;29:241-247.
8Gershlick AH, Khan JN, Kelly DJ, et al. Randomized trial of complete versus lesion-only revascularization in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for STEMI and multivessel disease: the CvLPRIT trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65:963-972.
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