Coronary Angioplasty with or without Stent Implantation for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Grines C, Cox D, Stone G, Garcia E, Mattos L, Giambartolomei A, Brodie B, Madonna O, Eijgelshoven M, Lansky A, O'Neill W, Morice M. Coronary Angioplasty with or without Stent Implantation for Acute Myocardial Infarction. New England Journal Of Medicine 1999, 341: 1949-1956. PMID: 10607811, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199912233412601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionTarget vessel revascularizationAngioplasty groupStent groupMyocardial infarctionPrimary angioplastyCoronary angioplastyStent implantationMean minimal luminal diameterSix-month mortality rateEnd pointCombined end pointPrimary end pointPrimary coronary angioplastyCoronary stent implantationMinimal luminal diameterRoutine implantationClinical benefitMulticenter studyEmergency catheterizationLower incidenceLuminal diameterAngioplastyBlood flowMortality rate