The Living Guidelines: STEMI Immediate (or Emergency) Invasive Strategy and Rescue PCI Suggest Revisions to the CLASS IIa Guidelines
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Class IIa Guidelines
- A strategy of coronary angiography with intent to perform PCI (or emergency CABG) is reasonable in patients ≥75 years of age who have received [[fibrinolytic therapy], and are in cardiogenic shock, provided that they are suitable candidates for revascularization. (Class II a, Level of Evidence: B) [1]
- It is reasonable to perform rescue PCI for patients with 1 or more of the following: a. Hemodynamic or electrical instability. (Class IIa, Level of Evidence: C) [1] b. Persistent ischemic symptoms. (Class IIa, Level of Evidence: C) [1]
- A strategy of coronary angiography with intent to perform rescue PCI is reasonable for patients in whom fibrinolytic therapy has failed (ST segment elevation < 50% resolved after 90 minutes following initiation of fibrinolytic therapy in the lead showing the worst initial elevation) and a moderate or large area of myocardium at risk (anterior MI, inferior MI with right ventricular involvement or precordial ST segment depression). (Class II a, Level of Evidence: B) [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Antman EM, Hand M, Armstrong PW, Bates ER, Green LA, Halasyamani LK, Hochman JS, Krumholz HM, Lamas GA, Mullany CJ, Pearle DL, Sloan MA, Smith SC Jr; 2004 Writing Committee Members, Anbe DT, Kushner FG, Ornato JP, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Anderson JL, Buller CE, Creager MA, Ettinger SM, Halperin JL, Hunt SA, Lytle BW, Nishimura R, Page RL, Riegel B, Tarkington LG, Yancy CW. 2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: developed in collaboration With the Canadian Cardiovascular Society endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians: 2007 Writing Group to Review New Evidence and Update the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Writing on Behalf of the 2004 Writing Committee. Circulation 2008 Jan 15;117(2):296-329 PMID 18071078
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