What was the purpose of the study titled 'Culprit vessel percutaneous coronary intervention versus multivessel and staged percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients with multivessel disease'?
The purpose of the study titled 'Culprit vessel percutaneous coronary intervention versus multivessel and staged percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients with multivessel disease' was to compare the efficacy of two different treatments for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease. The two treatments compared in this study were culprit vessel percutaneous coronary intervention and multivessel and staged percutaneous coronary intervention. The study was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Interventions in 2010. The results of the study suggested that culprit vessel percutaneous coronary intervention should be the primary treatment for these patients. 