[PDF][PDF] Incidence, patient characteristics and predictors of aborted myocardial infarction in patients undergoing primary PCI: prospective study comparing pre-and in …

AK Hassan, JW Jukema, A van der Laarse… - …, 2009 - researchgate.net
Aims: This study was performed to assess the incidence, patient characteristics and
predictors of aborted myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with ST-segment elevation MI
(STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). Methods and
results: We enrolled 179 consecutive patients with STEMI within a fixed protocol for PPCI
(Leiden MISSION! project); 90 patients received abciximab bolus in the hospital (in-hospital
group) and 89 patients received abciximab bolus in the ambulance (pre-hospital group) …