Stenting in Acute STEMI Intervention

Ahmed Magdy; Hisham Selim; Mona Youssef

doi:10.1016/j.iccl.2012.06.007

Stenting in Acute STEMI Intervention

Interv Cardiol Clin. 2012 Oct;1(4):507-520. doi: 10.1016/j.iccl.2012.06.007. Epub 2012 Sep 1.

Authors

Ahmed Magdy¹, Hisham Selim², Mona Youssef²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, National Heart Institute, 44 Alsharifa Dina, Maadi, Cairo 11431, Egypt. Electronic address: amagdy2@gmail.com.
² Cardiology Department, National Heart Institute, 44 Alsharifa Dina, Maadi, Cairo 11431, Egypt.

PMID: 28581967
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2012.06.007

Abstract

Stenting in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has the benefits of achieving acute optimal angiographic results and correcting residual dissection to decrease the incidence of restenosis and reocclusion. Studies have shown that percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for primary treatment after AMI is superior to thrombolytic therapy regarding the restoration of normal coronary blood flow. Coronary stenting improves initial success rates, decreases the incidence of abrupt closure, and is associated with a reduced rate of restenosis. In the presence of thrombus-containing lesions, coronary stenting constitutes an effective therapeutic strategy, either after failure of initial angioplasty or electively as the primary procedure.

Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; Intervention; STEMI; Stenting.

Publication types

Review