Complete Revascularization After a Heart Attack, Even in…

Complete Revascularization After a Heart Attack, Even in High Bleeding Risk Patients, Full Treatment Wins For patients who suffer a heart attack with blockages in multiple arteries, cardiologists face a genuinely difficult decision, treat only the artery that caused the heart attack, or treat all significantly blocked arteries at once? This decision becomes even harder in patients who are also at high risk of bleeding, where every additional procedure carries real risk. A major new study from Korea, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, offers some of the clearest guidance yet. Researchers analysed 13,460 patients with heart attacks and multivessel coronary disease from a large, nationwide Korean registry, one of the largest studies of its kind. Patients were classified by bleeding risk status and by whether they received complete revascularization, meaning all significantly blocked arteries were treated, or incomplete revascularization, treating only the artery responsible for the heart attack. Patients classified as high bleeding risk had dramatically worse outcomes overall. M