Relationship Between ST-Segment Recovery and Clinical Outcomes After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The HORIZONS-AMI ECG Substudy Report [Myocardial Infarction]

Conclusions— In this large international study, absent STR 60 minutes after primary PCI was present in 1 in 5 patients with ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction and was a significant independent predictor of major adverse cardiovascular events and target vessel revascularization at 3 years. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00433966

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - June 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Farkouh, M. E., Reiffel, J., Dressler, O., Nikolsky, E., Parise, H., Cristea, E., Baran, D. A., Dizon, J., Merab, J. P., Lansky, A. J., Mehran, R., Stone, G. W. Tags: Electrocardiology, Catheter-based coronary interventions: stents, Acute myocardial infarction Source Type: research