Research shows that patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) caused by stent thrombosis (ST) have a poorer short-term prognosis than patients with de novo coronary thrombosis.

"ST identifies a subgroup of patients with STEMI with poor angiographic and early clinical outcomes, suggesting that the management of these patients should be improved," Sabine Vecchio (Cardiologia e Cardiologia Invasiva 2, Florence, Italy) and colleagues say.

Up to 70% of patients with ST develop STEMI but there are little data comparing the prognosis of these patients with that of STEMI patients without a history of thrombosis.

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