During a Heart Attack, Immediate Stenting of Other Arteries Isn't Always Necessary

During a heart attack, immediate stenting of other arteries isn't always necessary

A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other coronary arteries also appear to be narrowed, it is safe to wait and treat those later. This approach cuts the number of stent procedures in half, according to cardiologists from Radboud university medical center, writing in the New England Journal of Medicine.

It’s safe to delay some heart stent procedures in a heart attack, study finds

When someone has a heart attack, doctors need to act fast. A heart attack happens when a coronary artery—one of the blood vessels supplying the heart—gets blocked, usually by a blood clot. To save the heart muscle, doctors must quickly open the blocked artery using a stent, a small tube that helps keep the artery […] The post It’s safe to delay some heart stent procedures in a heart attack, study finds appeared first on Knowridge Science Report.

Immediate Stenting of Other Arteries May Not Be Necessary During a Heart

In the urgent landscape of cardiovascular intervention, a groundbreaking study conducted by cardiologists at Radboud University Medical Center has shed new light on the optimal timing for treating multiple narrowed coronary arteries during an acute myocardial infarction. Published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, this large-scale randomized controlled trial challenges the long-standing assumption that immediate and comprehensi…