TCT 2017: Fewer Stents Are Better Than More For Initial AMI-With-Shock Treatment
Executive Summary
Results of the CULPRIT-SHOCK trial presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in Denver confirm that patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock are better off treated with culprit-lesion-only percutaneous coronary intervention rather than multivessel stenting, which is currently recommended in the European guidelines.