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

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

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.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Holger Thiele; University of Leipzig

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Angina pectoris < 3 hours

• ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Exclusion Criteria:

• Active bleeding

• Active gastric ulcus

• Previous stroke

• Uncontrolled hypertension (> 200 mmHg)

• Cerebral surgery < 8 weeks

• Major surgery < 4 weeks

• Malignancy

• Treatment with coumarines

• Pregnancy