Intravascular Imaging-Guided PCI Reaches a Turning Point With Survival, MI Benefits
For the first time, intravascular imaging-guided coronary stenting was associated with better survival and reduced myocardial infarction (MI) in a meta-analysis powered to detect these benefits against angiography, researchers reported. Randomized to optical coherence tomography (OCT) or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance, patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with contemporary stents showed a decrease in […]
Complete PCI Better for Older MI Patients Too
AMSTERDAM — Complete revascularization improved outcomes over culprit-lesion-only stenting in older acute myocardial infarction (MI) patients, the FIRE trial affirmed. Among a population ages 75 and older, the composite risk of death, MI, stroke, or any revascularization came out a relative 27% less common when addressing all the stenosed vessels during the same hospitalization (15.7% […]