PCI in noninfarct coronaries helps STEMI patients
September 1, 2013|Emergency Medicine
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AT THE ESC CONGRESS 2013
The results were consistent with reports from two prior randomized trials that also assessed the value of preventive PCI in patients with acute STEMI, but in fewer patients. One of these prior studies involved a total of 69 patients (Int. J. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 2004;6:128-33), and the second enrolled a total of 214 patients (Heart 2010;96:662-7); both were limited by a lack of statistical power, and both relied on repeat revascularization as an endpoint, which may be subject to bias, Dr. Wald said.
Dr. Wald said that he a director for and shareholder in Polypill Ltd.
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