Drug-Eluting Balloon or Drug-Eluting Stent in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Inclusion Criteria

• •Age \>18 years with a life expectancy of \>1 year;
• •Patients fulfilling criteria for STEMI (\>20 min of chest-pain; At least 1 mm ST-elevation in at least two contiguous leads, a new left bundle branch block or a true posterior myocardial infarction confirmed by ECG or echocardiography; Reperfusion is expected to be feasible within 12 h after onset of symptoms)
• •Infarct related artery eligible for primary PCI (De novo lesion in a native coronary artery; Reference-vessel diameter ≥2.5 mm and ≤ 4 mm; Absence of severe calcification; Residual diameter stenosis of ≤30% (by visual assessment) after lesion preparation after lesion preparation; Absence of coronary dissection type ≥C.