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Invasive imaging of myocardial infarction patients: Is less or more better?
Author(s) -
Grines Cindy L.,
Marshall John J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.28793
Subject(s) - medicine , fractional flow reserve , conventional pci , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , randomized controlled trial , cardiology , clinical trial , radiology , intensive care medicine , coronary angiography
Key Points Advanced intravascular imaging or fractional flow reserve in acute myocardial infarction patients may be safely performed and may be associated with clinical benefits. Since this is a nonrandomized registry with too few numbers to adequately evaluate mortality, it is uncertain whether clinical outcomes are truly improved. Adequately powered randomized trials using advanced imaging versus angiographic guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) would be helpful.