Journal article
Complete vs culprit-only revascularization for patients with multivessel disease undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease who undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are most commonly treated with PCI to the culprit lesion only. Whether a strategy of complete revascularization in these patients is superior is unknown. We performed a meta-analysis comparing the benefits and risks of routine culprit-only PCI vs multivessel PCI in …
Authors
Bainey KR; Mehta SR; Lai T; Welsh RC
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 167, No. 1, pp. 1–14.e2
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.ahj.2013.09.018
ISSN
0002-8703