Coronary disease & ACS

Postprocedural Anticoagulation After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind Trial

CirculationPublished Randomised controlled trial

Primary resultResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 1.00 95% CI 0.63–1.57

Authors' conclusion

Routine PPA after primary percutaneous coronary intervention was safe but did not reduce 30-day ischemic events.

Study context

Population
Patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI
Participants
2,989 patients
Comparison
Low-dose postprocedural anticoagulation vs placebo
Primary endpoint
All-cause death, nonfatal MI, nonfatal stroke, definite stent thrombosis or urgent revascularization (any vessel)
Follow-up
30 days
Methodological detailsinvestigator-initiated, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, superiority, 53 centres in China, randomised by centre
  • Investigator-initiated
  • Multicentre
  • Double-blind
  • Placebo-controlled
  • Superiority
  • 53 centres in China
  • Randomised by centre

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Hazard ratio

1.00

95% CI 0.63–1.57

Events by treatment group

PPA vs Placebo
HR 1.00 (95% CI 0.63–1.57)

Safety

OutcomePPAPlaceboHR (95% CI)
BARC 3–5 bleeding · 30 days0.5%0.7%0.74 (0.30–1.83)

Original publication

Postprocedural Anticoagulation After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind Trial. Circulation. Published 26 February 2024. doi:10.1161/circulationaha.123.067079

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it

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