Abstract Objective To assess hard major adverse clinical events (HMACE) after successful versus failed percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion (PCI-CTO). Background There are limited data regarding long-term HMACE…
Abstract Background/Purpose Shock index (SI), a ratio of heart rate/systolic blood pressure, has been reported to predict increased mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. However, the prognostic value…
Abstract Background Current guidelines emphasize timely coronary intervention with a door to balloon time of ≤ 90 min for favorable survival impact after STEMI. Efforts to achieve these targets may…
In the past decades, evidence has mounted for the benefits of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over thrombolysis during ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) as it establishes more consistent and…
