2016
Impact of gender on infarct size, ST-segment resolution, myocardial blush and clinical outcomes after primary stenting for acute myocardial infarction: Substudy from the EMERALD trial
Ng VG, Mori K, Costa RA, Kish M, Mehran R, Urata H, Saku K, Stone GW, Lansky AJ. Impact of gender on infarct size, ST-segment resolution, myocardial blush and clinical outcomes after primary stenting for acute myocardial infarction: Substudy from the EMERALD trial. International Journal Of Cardiology 2016, 207: 269-276. PMID: 26808991, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous interventionAcute myocardial infarctionST-segment resolutionInfarct sizeMyocardial infarctionST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionPrimary PCIPrior acute myocardial infarctionElevation acute myocardial infarctionComplete ST resolutionSmaller infarct sizeDistal protection devicesSmall vessel sizeGender-specific factorsDistal protectionEMERALD trialLAD infarctsMore hypertensionWorse comorbiditiesMidterm outcomesPrimary stentingSegment resolutionAMI patientsClinical outcomesST resolution
2008
Contemporary outcomes of rescue percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: Comparison with primary angioplasty and the role of distal protection devices (EMERALD trial)
Dangas G, Stone GW, Weinberg MD, Webb J, Cox DA, Brodie BR, Krucoff MW, Gibbons RJ, Lansky AJ, Mehran R, Investigators F. Contemporary outcomes of rescue percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: Comparison with primary angioplasty and the role of distal protection devices (EMERALD trial). American Heart Journal 2008, 155: 1090-1096. PMID: 18513524, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.12.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment resolutionTIMI 3 flowDistal protection devicesPrimary PCIDistal protectionInfarct sizeRescue PCIPost-procedural TIMI 3 flowRescue percutaneous coronary interventionComplete ST-segment resolutionSimilar myocardial perfusionPercutaneous coronary interventionST-elevation MIAcute myocardial infarctionHigher baseline ratesPrespecified comparisonPCI patientsPrimary angioplastyMonth mortalityPrimary endpointCoronary interventionClinical outcomesMulticenter trialClinical eventsPatient population