Distal Microcirculatory Protection During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Stone GW, Webb J, Cox DA, Brodie BR, Qureshi M, Kalynych A, Turco M, Schultheiss HP, Dulas D, Rutherford BD, Antoniucci D, Krucoff MW, Gibbons RJ, Jones D, Lansky AJ, Mehran R, Investigators F. Distal Microcirculatory Protection During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA 2005, 293: 1063-1072. PMID: 15741528, DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.9.1063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionST-segment resolutionAcute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionMajor adverse cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsEvent-free survivalElevation myocardial infarctionDistal protectionInfarct sizeMyocardial infarctionCardiac eventsCoronary interventionReperfusion successBalloon occlusionEmergent percutaneous coronary interventionComplete ST-segment resolutionPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionEnd pointDistal balloon occlusionDistal embolic protectionPrimary PCI resultsCoprimary end pointsSecondary end pointsAcute myocardial infarction