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Randomized Trial of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Subacute Infarct-Related Coronary Artery Occlusion to Achieve Long-Term Patency and Improve Ventricular Function

2006; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 114; Issue: 23 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1161/circulationaha.106.669432

1524-4539

Vladimír Džavík, Christopher E. Buller, Gervasio A. Lamas, James M. Rankin, G.B. John Mancini, Warren J. Cantor, Ronald J. Carere, John Ross, D. J. Atchison, Sandra Forman, Boban Thomas, Paweł Buszman, Carlos Vozzi, Anthony Glanz, Eric A. Cohen, Peter Mečiar, G. Devlin, Alice M. Mascette, George Sopko, Genell L. Knatterud, Judith S. Hochman,

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

In the present study, we sought to determine whether opening a persistently occluded infarct-related artery (IRA) by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients beyond the acute phase of myocardial infarction (MI) improves patency and indices of left ventricular (LV) size and function.