Min Chul Kim, Joon Ho Ahn, Dae Young Hyun, Yongwhan Lim, Seung Hun Lee, Seok Oh, Kyung Hoon Cho, Doo Sun Sim, Young Joon Hong, Ju Han Kim, Myung Ho Jeong, Jang Hyun Cho, Sang-Rok Lee, Dong Oh Kang, Jin-Yong Hwang, Young Jin Youn, Young-Hoon Jeong, Yongwhi Park, Dong-Bin Kim, Eun-Ho Choo, Chan Joon Kim, Weon Kim, Jay Young Rhew, Jung-Hee Lee, Sang-Yong Yoo, Youngkeun Ahn
BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend complete revascularization (CR) in hemodynamically stable patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD). With regard to the timing of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for non-infarct-related artery (non-IRA), recent randomized clinical trials have revealed that immediate CR was non-inferior to staged CR. However, the optimal timing of CR remains uncertain. The OPTION-STEMI trial compared immediate CR and in-hospital staged CR guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) for intermediate stenosis of the non-IRA...
April 17, 2024: American Heart Journal