Every year around 9.74 million people die due to heart attacks, making it the number one cause of death in the world. Most of the cases are left untreated on time. Somehow if we could identify and treat them in a proper way, we can save as many lives as possible every day. Rather than planning for an operation later, we have to act quickly by using an advanced medical intervention technique called primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) which is the GOLD standard of STEMI treatment!

Primary PCI (PPCI) can be defined as reperfusion by means of coronary stenting for acute ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) without prior administration of fibrinolytic agents.

Primary PCI is the preferred reperfusion strategy in patients with STEMI within 12 hours of symptoms onset, provided it can be performed expeditiously within 2 hours of first medical contact by an experienced team.
Primary PCI achieves superior reperfusion outcomes and is associated with less complications, death, and long-term complications of STEMI when compared to thrombolytic therapy!