Early versus Delayed Invasive Intervention in Acute Coronary Syndromes

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Authors

Shamir R. Mehta · Population Health Research Institute

Christopher B. Granger · Clinical Research Institute

William E. Boden · University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Philippe Gabríel Steg · Inserm

Jean‐Pierre Bassand · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon

David P. Faxon · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Rizwan Afzal

Abstract

Early intervention did not differ greatly from delayed intervention in preventing the primary outcome, but it did reduce the rate of the composite secondary outcome of death, myocardial infarction, or refractory ischemia and was superior to delayed intervention in high-risk patients. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00552513.)

Topics & Keywords

Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 360, Issue 21, pp. 2165-2175

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0807986

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