Open AccessA multicentre, prospective, randomised controlled trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of cooling as an adjunctive therapy to percutaneous intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction: the COOL AMI EU Pivotal Trial
Author(s) -
Marko Noč,
Peep Laanmets,
Aleksandar N. Nešković,
Milovan Petrović,
Bojan Stanetić,
Dániel Aradi,
Róbert Gábor Kiss,
Imre Ungi,
Béla Merkely,
Martin Hudec,
Peter Blaško,
Iván Horváth,
John R. Davies,
Vladan Vukčević,
Michael Hölzer,
Bernhard Metzler,
Adam Witkowski,
Andrejs Ērglis,
Misa Fister,
Gergely Nagy,
Joško Bulum,
István Édes,
Jan Z. Peruga,
Beata Średniawa,
David Erlinge,
Thomas R. Keeble
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eurointervention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.592
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1969-6213
pISSN - 1774-024X
DOI - 10.4244/eij-d-21-00348
Subject(s) - medicine , hypothermia , cardiogenic shock , myocardial infarction , percutaneous coronary intervention , conventional pci , cardiology , anesthesia
Despite primary PCI (PPCI), ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) can still result in large infarct size (IS). New technology with rapid intravascular cooling showed positive signals for reduction in IS in anterior STEMI.