The investigators hypothesize that patients with Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction may benefit from primary angioplasty with use of a drug eluting balloon/bare metal stent combination without impairing the process of normal vascular healing and endothelial function. The goals of this study are: 1. To compare 6-month angiographic outcome after primary angioplasty using drug eluting balloon/bare metal stent combination versus drug eluting stent versus bare metal stent. 2. To compare stent apposition and stent endothelialization after primary angioplasty using drug eluting balloon/bare metal stent versus drug eluting stent versus bare metal stent. 3. To compare coronary endothelial function after primary angioplasty using drug eluting balloon/bare metal stent versus drug eluting stent versus bare metal stent.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
150
Percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty catheter eluting paclitaxel
Bare metal stent
Paclitaxel eluting stent
University of Modena, Department of Cardiology
Modena, Italy
UMC Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands
Angiographic in-segment late lumen loss (expressed in millimeters) as determined by quantitative coronary analysis (QCA)
Time frame: 6 months
Binary restenosis using QCA
Time frame: 6 months
stent malapposition and re-endothelialization assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCY)
Time frame: 6 months
coronary endothelial dysfunction after acetylcholine infusion
Time frame: 6 months
Clinical outcomes (death, myocardial infarction, repeated revascularization procedures)
Time frame: 5 years
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