Why the study?
Does a routine invasive strategy reduce the composite of death, MI, or stroke compared with a selective invasive strategy in women with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes?
Population
184 women with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in the OASIS 5 substudy, and 2,692 women in a…
Comparison
Routine invasive strategy vs Selective invasive strategy
Design
RCT, Randomly assigned
Follow-up
2 years
Authors
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May favor selective over routine invasive strategy in women with NSTE-ACS; challenges prior assumptions of benefit and extends mortality signal.
Does a routine invasive strategy reduce the composite of death, MI, or stroke compared with a selective invasive strategy in women with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes?
A routine invasive strategy does not appear to benefit women with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes and may be associated with higher mortality and bleeding risks compared to a selective invasive strategy.
Swahn et al. (2009) studied this question.
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