Impact of bifurcation target lesion on angiographic, electrocardiographic, and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (from the Harmonizing Outcomes With Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction [HORIZONS-AMI] trial).
Dudek D, Mehran R, Dziewierz A, Brener SJ, Rakowski T, Brzezinski M, Brodie BR, Xu K, Fahy M, Lansky AJ, Zmudka K, Stone GW. Impact of bifurcation target lesion on angiographic, electrocardiographic, and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (from the Harmonizing Outcomes With Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction [HORIZONS-AMI] trial). EuroIntervention 2013, 9: 817-23. PMID: 24280158, DOI: 10.4244/eijv9i7a135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionCoronary interventionClinical outcomesTarget lesionsLow left ventricular ejection fractionPost-percutaneous coronary interventionLeft ventricular ejection fractionCore laboratory assessmentHigher contrast loadHORIZONS-AMI trialTarget vessel revascularisationProbable stent thrombosisST-segment resolutionElevation myocardial infarctionVentricular ejection fractionCore laboratory analysisRate of deathBTL groupHORIZONS-AMIVessel revascularisationInfarct arteryBaseline characteristicsContrast load