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PCI Strategies in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock

Holger Thiele, İbrahim Akın, Marcus Sandri, Georg Fuernau, Suzanne de Waha, Roza Meyer‐Saraei, Peter Nordbeck, Tobias Geisler, Ulf Landmesser, Carsten Skurk, Andreas Fach, Harald Lapp, Jan J. Piek, Marko Noč, Tomaž Goslar, Stephan B. Felix, Lars S. Maier, Janina Stępińska, Keith G. Oldroyd, Pranas Šerpytis, Gilles Montalescot, Olivier Barthélémy, Kurt Huber, Stephan Windecker, Stefano Savonitto, Patrizia Torremante, Christiaan Vrints, Steffen Schneider, Steffen Desch, Uwe Zeymer

New England Journal of Medicine · 2017

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Summary

Among patients who had multivessel coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock, the 30-day risk of a composite of death or severe renal failure leading to renal-replacement therapy was lower among those who initially underwent PCI of the culprit lesion only than among those who underwent immediate multivessel PCI. (Funded by the European Union 7th Framework Program and others; CULPRIT-SHOCK ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01927549 .).

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1056/nejmoa1710261
Catalogue ID
SNmohbb2ax-i6fxi3
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