American heart journalHumansPercutaneous Coronary InterventionST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionProspective StudiesCoronary Angiography
Anatomical, physiological and inflammatory characterization of nonculprit vessels in patients undergoing primary PCI for ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the presence of multivessel disease: Rationale and design of the PICNIC study.
Michael Mahmoudi, Zoe Nicholas, Richard J Jabbour, James Shambrook, Ausami Abbas, Tevin Browne, Jonathan Hinton, Charalambos Antoniades, Mamas Mamas, Jonathon Leipsic, Campbell Rogers, Bon-Kwon Koo, Rasha Al-Lamee, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Nick Curzen
Published: 202610.1016/j.ahj.2025.107298
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Up to 50% of patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD). Randomized trials suggest that complete revascularization improves outcomes, but the mechanism and identifica…
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