Patients at low risk for periprocedural myocardial infarction can be identified by assessment immediately following percutaneous coronary intervention.

Despite utilizing optimal anticoagulant therapy during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the incidence of periprocedural myocardial infarction (PPMI) remains 5 7% and evaluation of preprocedural clinical/angiographic characteristics has failed to reliably predict the likelihood of a PPMI. We hypothesized that immediate post-PCI assessment could identify a group of patients at very low risk for PPMI. A consecutive series of 258 PCI patients was stratified into 3 groups based on immediate post-PCI assessment.