Cerebrovascular Events After a Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Strategy for Acute ST-Segment- Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Analysis From the HORIZONS-AMI Trial [Coronary Interventions]

Conclusions— In HORIZONS-AMI, cerebrovascular events within 3 years after ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction in patients undergoing a primary percutaneous coronary intervention management strategy occurred in 2.0% of patients and were most frequent after coronary artery bypass grafting. Cerebrovascular events were often disabling and were strongly associated with high rates of death, reinfarction, recurrent ischemia, and major bleeding. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00433966.

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - April 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nikolsky, E., Mehran, R., Dangas, G. D., Xu, K., Parvataneni, R., Witzenbichler, B., Guagliumi, G., Kornowski, R., Genereux, P., Brener, S. J., Stone, G. W. Tags: Catheter-based coronary interventions: stents, Acute myocardial infarction, Acute Stroke Syndromes Source Type: research