TY - JOUR AU - Aetesam-ur-Rahman, Muhammad AU - Berry, Colin PY - 2017 TI - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (CDT) Editorial: the Minimalist Immediate Mechanical Intervention study JF - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy; Vol 7, Supplement 2 (June 16, 2017): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become the standard of care in patients presenting with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) (1). However, since stent implantation may cause intra-procedural thrombotic complications (IPTEs), including distal embolization of thrombus leading to microvascular obstruction (MVO) and no-reflow (2,3) some clinicians have questioned whether immediate stent implantation is mandated in all patients, or instead, whether stent implantation could be deferred for a limited period to enable the beneficial effects of restored blood flow and medical therapy. With this in mind, a number of clinical investigations of deferred stenting (DS) strategies have been assessed (4-16). This was the focus of the Minimalist Immediate Mechanical Intervention (MIMI) trial (14). UR - https://cdt.amegroups.org/article/view/13697