Randomized Multicenter Trial of Prehospital Initiated Facilitated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Versus Primary PCI in ST-segment-Elevation MI (STEMI)

Summary

Prehospital initiated facilitation of primary percutaneous coronary intervention by fibrinolysis might be helpful in re-opening the infarct related artery prior to percutaneous coronary intervention. This studies tests the hypothesis that prehospital initiated facilitated PCI is superior to primary percutaneous coronary intervention with respect to infarct size.

Timeline

Start

2006-08

Primary completion

2009-08

Completion

2009-08

Publications

• de Waha S, Eitel I, Desch S, Fuernau G, Lurz P, Stiermaier T, Blazek S, Schuler G, Thiele H. Prognosis after ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a study on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging versus clinical routine. Trials. 2014 Jun 25;15:249. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-249.
• Thiele H, Eitel I, Meinberg C, Desch S, Leuschner A, Pfeiffer D, Hartmann A, Lotze U, Strauss W, Schuler G; LIPSIA-STEMI Trial Group. Randomized comparison of pre-hospital-initiated facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction very early after symptom onset: the LIPSIA-STEMI trial (Leipzig immediate prehospital facilitated angioplasty in ST-segment myocardial infarction). JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Jun;4(6):605-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2011.01.013.

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