Saeed Ahmed, Hina Zubair, Khawaja Abdul Hamid, Faisal Bashir, Muhammed Shahbaz Bakth Kayani.
Myocardial Infarction; Procedural Success Of Primary Percutaneous Intervention In Patients With Acute Segment Elevation.
Professional Med J Jan ;24(3):392-7.

Coronary artery disease is one of the major cause of mortality in the modern world and will become the leading cause of death by 2020, percutaneous coronary intervention has proven to be most efficient in STEMI to decrease the mortality. Objectives: This study was designed to determine the procedural success of Primary PCI in patients with Acute ST segment elevation Myocardial infarction. Study Design: It was an observational study. Place and Duration: Cardiology unit of P.I.M.S, Islamabad, conducted from 2nd November 2011 to 2nd May 2012. Patients and Methods: This study included 43 patients with Acute STEMI. All of them had primary PCI. The main outcome variable was frequency of procedural success described as TIMI flow II or III, which was described as frequency distribution table. Results: Procedural success was achieved among all (100%) patients. Conclusions: The procedural success of primary PCI is high (almost successful in every case) and should be offered to the patients with Acute STEMI whenever the facility is available.

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