Open AccessObservational study comparing pharmacoinvasive strategy with primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients presenting with ST elevation myocardial infarction to a tertiary care centre in India
Author(s) -
AG Alex,
Anandaroop Lahiri,
Devika Shanmugasundaram,
Tulasi Geevar,
OK George
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_766_16
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiogenic shock , percutaneous coronary intervention , conventional pci , myocardial infarction , cardiology , observational study , thrombus , incidence (geometry) , ejection fraction , heart failure , physics , optics
The objective was to study whether the incidence of composite end points (mortality, cardiogenic shock and re-myocardial infarction [re-MI]) in pharmacoinvasive strategy was noninferior to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).