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



Gue, Ying X ORCID: 0000-0001-9994-8915 and Lip, Gregory YH ORCID: 0000-0002-7566-1626
(2023) Complete revascularization in elderly patients with myocardial infarction-a safe, effective, and necessary strategy? Cell reports. Medicine, 4 (11). p. 101284.

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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.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Humans, Myocardial Infarction, Prognosis, Myocardial Revascularization, Aged
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2023 10:47
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 17:36
DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101284
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101284
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3177423