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Impact Of Deferred Stent Insertion On Elevated St Segment Myocardial Infarction Patients With A Big Thrombus Load, Monir Osman, Mostafa Elswasany, Ahmed Yahya Hegab, Amro Abozeid
Impact Of Deferred Stent Insertion On Elevated St Segment Myocardial Infarction Patients With A Big Thrombus Load, Monir Osman, Mostafa Elswasany, Ahmed Yahya Hegab, Amro Abozeid
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
Background: No clear recommendations as regard deferred stenting in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with big thrombus load.
Aim of the study: our study might answer the question that deferred stenting might reduce no-reflow and in-hospital major adverse cardiac events (MACE) compared to immediate stenting in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for STEMI patients with high thrombus burden.
Patients and Methods: a prospective double blinded control non-randomized study which included fifty Patients presented by STEMI with high thrombus load and undergoing primary PCI, 25 patients (group number 1) managed with deferred stenting, and 25 patients (group number 2) managed …