Background: Multivessel disease (MVD) is a significant risk factor in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI (OR 2.07, p = 0.002), whereas triple vessel disease was not (OR 1.27, p = 0.358). The other independent predictors of mortality were: age, anterior myocardial infarction, and PCI failure. Conclusions:The presence of CTO is an independent predictor of the long-term mortality in STEMI patients treated with primary PCI. (Cardiol J 2017; 24, 2: 117-124)

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