A randomized comparison of direct stenting with conventional stent implantation in selected patients with acute myocardial infarction
Christophe Loubeyre, MD*,*,
Marie-Claude Morice, MD, FESC, FACC*,
Thierry Lefèvre, MD, FSCAI, FESC*,
Jean-François Piéchaud, MD*,
Yves Louvard, MD* and
Pierre Dumas, MD*
* Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Hôpital Claude Galien, Quincy-sous-Sénart, France

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Figure 1 Selection of patients and reasons for exclusion. AMI = acute myocardial infarction; IRA = infarct-related artery; pts = patients.
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Figure 2 In-hospital clinical outcome (numbers indicate percent of events) in both study groups. Open bar = direct stent; solid bar = conventional. Re-MI = recurrent myocardial infarction; TVR = target-vessel revascularization.
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