“Bailout” coronary stenting in patients with a recent myocardial infarction

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 77; no. 8; pp. 653 - 655
• Main Authors: Thomas, Clifford N., Weintraub, William S., Shen, Yannan, Ghazzal, Ziyad M.B., Douglas, John S., King, Spencer B., Scott, Neal A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15.03.1996; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Angioplasty; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular disease; Constriction, Pathologic; Coronary Angiography; Coronary heart disease; Female; Heart; Heart attacks; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging; Myocardial Infarction - surgery; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Stents; Surgery; Human; Reoperation; Infarct; Acute; Coronary artery; Instrumentation therapy; Cardiovascular disease; Implantation; Instrumental dilatation; Coronary heart disease; Stent; Treatment; Myocardium; Complication; Early; Obliteration
• ISSN: 0002-9149; 1879-1913
• DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89326-5

In summary, patients who underwent bailout intracoronary stenting within 7 days of a myocardial infarction had lower clinical and angiographic success rates and a higher incidence of emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery than patients who underwent bailout stenting without a history of a recent myocardial infarction. In addition, there was a trend toward more cardiac events after discharge in the patients who received stents after a recent myocardial infarction.