Despite the guidelines, emergency<unk>  surgery for the treatment of an acute myocardial infarction (MI) is less common then PCI or medical management. In an analysis of patients in the U.S. National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI) from January 1995 to May 2004, the percentage of patients with cardiogenic shock treated with primary PCI rose from 27.4% to 54.4%, while the increase in CABG treatment was only from 2.1% to 3.2%.
ST elevation myocardial infarction coronary artery bypass grafting
ST elevation myocardial infarction reperfusion therapy
ST elevation myocardial infarction adjunctive percutaneous coronary intervention
ST elevation myocardial infarction primary percutaneous coronary intervention
ST elevation myocardial infarction fibrinolytic therapy
Chronic stable angina revascularization coronary artery bypass grafting
ST elevation myocardial infarction anticoagulant and antithrombotic therapy
Chronic stable angina revascularization