Pengsheng Chen, John W Eikelboom, Chunyue Tan, Wenhao Zhang, Yi Xu, Jianling Bai, Jun Wang, Tong Wang, Xiaoxuan Gong, Kun Liu, Xin Chen, Xiaoyan Wang, Li Zhu, Xin Zhao, Naiquan Yang, Jun Jiang, Jun Pu, Bo Zhao, Zengguang Chen, Baihong Li, Guoyu Wang, Chuan Lu, Lianghong Ying, Meng Jiang, Xiaomei Zhu, Jiazheng Ma, Zhou Dong, Chen Li, Jiaxin Zong, Fumin Zhang, Jun Zhu, Jun Huang, Xiangqing Kong, Hao Yu, Chunjian Li
BACKGROUND: It is uncertain whether adjunctive thrombolysis is beneficial for patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within 120 minutes of presentation. This study was to determine whether in patients presenting with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction a single bolus recombinant staphylokinase (r-SAK) before timely PCI leads to improved patency of the infarct-related artery and reduces the infarct size. METHODS: This is an open-label, prospective, multicenter, randomized study...
February 2024: Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions