Emergency percutaneous coronary intervention for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrom / 中国介入心脏病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of emergency percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome(ACS).Methods A total of 233 patients(emergency group) were treated with emergency PCI within 48 h of heart attack and another 152 patients(delayed group) were treated with PCI after 3-14 days of medical therapy.All culprit lesions were treated.Procedural success rate,the time from admission to angina relief,the length of hospital stay and cardiac events incidence in 30 days were observed.Results The procedural success rates for the emergency group and the delayed group were similar(98.1% vs 95.5%),but cardiac events incidence in 30 days was significantly lower in the emergency group than that of the delayed group(2.9% vs 14.1%,P