Complete revascularization in elderly patients with myocardial infarction-a safe, effective, and necessary strategy?

Ying X Gue; Gregory Y H Lip

doi:10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101284

Complete revascularization in elderly patients with myocardial infarction-a safe, effective, and necessary strategy?

Cell Rep Med. 2023 Nov 21;4(11):101284. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101284.

Authors

Ying X Gue¹, Gregory Y H Lip²

Affiliations

¹ Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
² Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK; Danish Center for Health Services Research, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

The FIRE trial compared culprit-only revascularization to physiology-guided complete revascularization strategy in elderly patients presenting with myocardial infarction. The study has shown that it is a safe approach and may confer additional prognostic benefit in patients with NSTEMI.

MeSH terms

Aged
Humans
Myocardial Infarction* / surgery
Myocardial Revascularization*
Prognosis