Highlights the need for more data on the prognosis and management of Japanese AMI patients who do not undergo primary PCI.
prevention of left ventricular remodeling, reduction of inhospital events, and better prognosis in patients with AMI. 1 Recent Japanese studies have provided us important information on AMI cases, 2-4 but most of them consisted of patents undergoing PCI.In contrast, there are limited data regarding Japanese AMI patients treated without PCI.t is noteworthy that the rate of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is quite higher in Japan than in other Western countries.In Japan, coronary reperfusion therapy with PCI has been the first choice for treating patients with AMI for approximately 20 years.Early reperfusion with primary PCI recovers epicardial blood flow, resulting in reduction of infarct size, IThe opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the Japanese Circulation Society.
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Ishii et al. (2015) conducted an editorial in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) vs. No primary PCI was evaluated.
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