Impact of Routine 24 Hour Coronary Care Unit Stay in Stable Patients After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

With the routine use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the rate of short-term complications is low and the optimal length-of-stay in the coronary care unit (CCU) following reperfusion is unknown. We hypothesized that the rate of complications would not differ between two groups of stable patients admitted to the CCU following primary-PCI for STEMI: (1) those for whom a minimum …