Why the study?
Does successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty improve survival in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock compared to unsuccessful PTCA?
Population
26 patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock who underwent percutaneous…
Comparison
Successful percutaneous transluminal coronary… vs Unsuccessful percutaneous transluminal coronary…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Successful PTCA associated with higher survival in AMI shock; hypothesis-generating and does not establish causality or change practice.
Does successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty improve survival in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock compared to unsuccessful PTCA?
Successful PTCA is associated with significantly improved short- and long-term survival in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock.
Yamamoto et al. (1992) studied this question.
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