Pretreatment With Unfractionated Heparin for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-09-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Rupture of a coronary artery plaque leads to thrombotic occlusion of the coronary artery and
would present as ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Early treatment with aspirin and
early primary percutaneous coronary intervention are indicated. Anticoagulation therapy,
usually with unfractionated heparin, is required during percutaneous coronary intervention.
Investigators hypothesis is that pretreatment with unfractionated heparin in addition to
aspirin at first medical contact may facilitate spontaneous reperfusion of culprit artery and
procedural thrombotic complication in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction
without significant risk of bleeding complications.