Oxygen therapy in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction based on the culprit vessel: results from the randomized controlled SOCCER trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oxygen (O₂) treatment has been a cornerstone in the treatment of patients with myocardial infarction. Recent studies, however, state that supplemental O₂ therapy may have no effect or harmful effects in these patients. The aim of this study was thus to evaluate the effect of O₂ therapy in patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) based on the culprit vessel; Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) or Non-LAD.

Methods

This was a two-center, investigator-initiated, single-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial at the Skåne university hospital, Sweden. A simple computer-generated randomization was used. Patients were either randomized to standard care with O₂ therapy (10 l/min) or air until the end

SUBMITTER: Mokhtari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7027294 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature