Clinical outcome in high-risk STEMI patients with multivessel disease: towards recanalization of CTOs following primary PCI

Thesis

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Contents

Chapter 1: General introduction and outline of the thesis

Chapter 2: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction with and without diabetes mellitus

Chapter 3: Time from coronary artery bypass surgery does not affect outcome in patients treated with primary angioplasty for acute saphenous vein graft occlusion

Chapter 4: Long-term impact of multivessel disease on cause-specific mortality after ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with reperfusion therapy

Chapter 5: Impact of multivessel coronary disease on long-term mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction is due to the presence of a chronic total occlusion

Chapter 6: Evaluation of the effect of a concurrent chronic total occlusion on long-term mortality and left ventricular function in patients after primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Chapter 7: Impact of multivessel disease with or without a concurrent chronic total occlusion on one-year mortality in patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention for cardiogenic shock: should we pursue complete revascularization?

Chapter 8: Prevalence and impact of a chronic total occlusion in a non-infarct related artery on long-term mortality in diabetic patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Chapter 9: Relation of multivessel primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction to outcome and/or non-infarct artery intervention of a chronic total occlusion

Chapter 10: Impact of recanalization of a chronic total occlusion on left ventricular function in patients after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: rationale and design of EXPLORE: a prospective, randomized, multicenter trial

Chapter 11: Summary, future perspectives and concluding remarks

Chapter 12: Nederlandse samenvatting

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