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
2007
Impact of multivessel disease on reperfusion success and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction
Sorajja P, Gersh BJ, Cox DA, McLaughlin MG, Zimetbaum P, Costantini C, Stuckey T, Tcheng JE, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Grines CL, Stone GW. Impact of multivessel disease on reperfusion success and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal 2007, 28: 1709-1716. PMID: 17556348, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary PCIPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionMajor adverse cardiac eventsAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery diseaseTriple vessel diseasePercutaneous coronary interventionMultivessel diseaseST-segment recoveryReperfusion successCoronary interventionClinical outcomesMyocardial blushMyocardial infarctionPost-procedural TIMI 3 flowExtent of CADExtensive coronary artery diseaseMultivessel coronary artery diseaseAdverse cardiac eventsTIMI 3 flowInfarct-related arterySingle-vessel diseaseCADILLAC trialPost-PCIInfarct vessel