In-Hospital Outcomes after Rescue Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Objective: To investigate the outcomes of patients who underwent rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) after failed thrombolytic therapy.

Material And Method: This observational cohort study was conducted between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2013. Consecutive STEMI patients who underwent either emergency rescue PCI or primary PCI were included.

One-year clinical outcomes of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with emergent percutaneous coronary intervention: the impact of thrombus burden.

Objective: To investigate the impact of thrombus burden on 1-year clinical outcomes in patients who underwent emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

Material And Method: Angiographic evidence of intracoronary thrombus adversely affects the outcome of PCI in STEMI. Large thrombus burden (> or = 2 times vessel diameter) has been shown to be a significant predictor of major adverse cardiac events (MACE).