Research progress on complete revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated with multi-vessel disease

Patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI)complicated with multi-vessel disease are associated with poor prognosis, and the strategy of revascularization is a difficulty for imterventional therapy.The current guideline recommend that percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)is considered only for the culprit vessel in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction(STEMI), while clinical condition may be worse if non-culprit vessel is treated at the same time.However, with the development of the interventional device, technology and novel anticoagulant drugs, several new clinical studies suggest that intervention for the non-culprit vessel could reduce the risk of major adverse cardiac events and improve the prognosis.Therefore, latest progresses on complete revascularization for patients with AMI complicated with multi-vessel disease were summarized in this review. Key words: Acute myocardial infarction; Multi-vessel disease; Complete revascularization