Is Planned Complete Revascularization After Myocardial Infarction Wise for Older Patients?

Zimmet, Jeffrey MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, San Francisco VA Medical Center

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Clinical Cardiology Alert 42(10):p 73-75, October 2023.

SYNOPSIS:

Among patients at least age 75 years presenting with acute myocardial infarction and multivessel coronary disease, physiology-guided complete revascularization led to a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events at one year vs. culprit lesiononly percutaneous coronary intervention.

SOURCE:

Biscaglia S, et al. Complete or culprit-only PCI in older patients with myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 2023; Aug 26. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2300468. [Online ahead of print].