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ST-Segment Recovery and Outcome After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Christopher E. Buller,
Yuling Fu,
Kenneth W. Mahaffey,
Thomas G. Todaro,
Peter X. Adams,
Cynthia M. Westerhout,
Harvey D. White,
Arnoud W.J. van ’t Hof,
Frans Van de Werf,
Galen S. Wagner,
Christopher B. Granger,
Paul W. Armstrong
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.767772
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , cardiology , conventional pci , st segment , st elevation , hazard ratio , cohort , angioplasty , confidence interval
Primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty is an effective and widely adopted treatment for acute myocardial infarction. A simple method of determining prognosis after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) would facilitate appropriate care and expedite hospital discharge. Thus, we determined the prognostic importance of various measures of ST-segment-elevation recovery after primary PCI in a large, contemporary cohort of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

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