PCI No Better Than Optimal Medical Therapy in Persistent Total Occlusions Three to 28 Days Post-MI: OAT and TOSCA-2
16th Nov 2006, 08:55 GMT
Late angioplasty for occluded infarct-related arteries is no better than medical management in reducing rates of death, reinfarction, or heart failure (HF) and may even increase reinfarction rates, despite the presence of patent arteries and less LV enlargement. The findings are a reproof to clinicians who prematurely decided, long before the results were in, that PCI would be superior. Heartwire Shelley Wood
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