Open AccessImpact of contemporary emergency percutaneous coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction on length of hospital stay
Author(s) -
S Jegge
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
swiss medical weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1424-7860
pISSN - 1424-3997
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2007.11736
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , mace , cardiogenic shock , myocardial infarction , thrombolysis , percutaneous coronary intervention , angioplasty , cardiology , emergency medicine
Compared to thrombolysis, acute percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) allows both immediate revascularisation and identification of additional relevant stenosis, so that subsequently no further risk stratification should be necessary and hospital stay shortened. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of PCI on outcome and length of hospital stay after MI compared to that in the thrombolysis era.
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