The Living Guidelines: STEMI PCI after Successful Fibrinolysis or for Patients not Undergoing Primary Reperfusion Polling Results for CLASS III Guidelines

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Class III Guidelines
1- PCI of a totally occluded infarct artery greater than 24 hours after STEMI is not recommended in asymptomatic patients with one- or two-vessel disease if they are hemodynamically and electrically stable and do not have evidence of severe ischemia. (Class III, Level of Evidence: B)

 AHA / ACC 2007 STEMI Guidelines for PCI after Successful Fibrinolysis or for Patients not Undergoing Primary Reperfusion Class III Recommendation 1 should be: CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III