Does complete revascularization improve angina-related quality of life compared to culprit lesion-only PCI in patients with STEMI and multivessel CAD?
Complete revascularization provides a modest incremental improvement in angina-related quality of life for STEMI patients with multivessel CAD, adding to its established cardiovascular event benefits.
In patients with STEMI and multivessel CAD, complete revascularization resulted in a slightly greater proportion of patients being angina-free compared with a culprit lesion-only strategy. This modest incremental improvement in health status is in addition to the established benefit of complete revascularization in reducing cardiovascular events.
Mehta et al. (Wed,) studied this question.