Luzern, Switzerland - Among patients with recent MI and silent myocardial ischemia, PCI was more effective at reducing the long-term risk of major cardiac events than anti-ischemic drug therapy in the ...

In states that publicly report percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) outcomes, rates of PCI for acute myocardial infarction (MI) are lower than in states without public reporting, according to a ...

Although increased PCI and CABG rates were reported for PCI hospitals in a recent study, these hospitals were only $627 costlier than non-PCI hospitals for the treatment of patients with acute MI. “In ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hahn and colleagues conducted the investigator-initiated, randomized FRAME-AMI trial of 562 patients with acute ...

A substantial number of patients do not receive statins before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) but appear to suffer no consequences in terms of major in-hospital events or long-term mortality ...

NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 17 -- Although many studies at academic centers have demonstrated the benefit of percutaneous intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (MI), new research reported ...

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Optimum treatment for stable patients presenting with occlusion of the infarct-related artery (IRA) during the subacute phase after myocardial infarction (MI) is a matter of some debate. Percutaneous ...

Controversy surrounds optimum treatment during the subacute phase after myocardial infarction (MI) in stable patients presenting with occlusion of the infarct-related artery. Percutaneous coronary ...