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Update on primary PCI for patients with STEMI.

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Primary PCI is the dominant reperfusion strategy for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and continues to evolve. The purpose of this review is to summarize recent reports that focused on… Click to show full abstract

Primary PCI is the dominant reperfusion strategy for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and continues to evolve. The purpose of this review is to summarize recent reports that focused on the relationship of door-to-balloon time with mortality, radial versus femoral artery access, aspiration thrombectomy, culprit versus multivessel primary PCI, drug-eluting stents, and anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapies.

Keywords: medicine; primary pci; update primary; pci patients; pci; patients stemi

Journal Title: Trends in cardiovascular medicine
Year Published: 2017

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