Coronary disease & ACS

10-Year Outcomes of Deferred or Conventional Stent Implantation in Patients With STEMI (DANAMI-3-DEFER)

Circ Cardiovasc IntervPublished 10-year follow-up study of the open-label, randomized DANAMI-3-DEFER trial

Primary result · Composite of hospitalization for heart failure or all-cause mortalityResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 0.82 95% CI 0.67–1.02

Authors' conclusion

Deferred stenting did not reduce all-cause mortality or the composite primary outcome after 10 years but reduced hospitalization for heart failure compared with conventional PCI.

Study context

Population
Patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction and acute chest pain <12 hoursrandomized
Participants
1,215 patients
Comparison
Deferred stenting versus conventional percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
  • Deferred stentingn = 603
  • Conventional PCIn = 612reference
Primary endpoint
Composite of:
  • Hospitalization for heart failure
  • All-cause mortality
Follow-up
10 years
Methodological details4 PCI centers in Denmark
  • 4 PCI centers in Denmark

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Hazard ratio

0.82

95% CI 0.67–1.02

P = 0.08

Deferred stenting vs conventional PCI
hazard ratio 0.82 (95% CI 0.67–1.02); P = 0.08

Secondary outcomes

OutcomeDeferred stentingConventional PCIEstimate
All-cause mortality · 10 years24%25%hazard ratio 0.95 (95% CI 0.75–1.19)
Hospitalization for heart failure · 10 yearsodds ratio 0.58 (95% CI 0.39–0.88)
Target vessel revascularization · 10 yearsSimilar in both groupsodds ratio 1.20 (95% CI 0.81–1.79)

Original publication

10-Year Outcomes of Deferred or Conventional Stent Implantation in Patients With STEMI (DANAMI-3-DEFER). Circ Cardiovasc Interv. Published 20 May 2025. doi:10.1161/circinterventions.125.015369

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