The Living Guidelines: STEMI Facilitated PCI Polling Results for CLASS IIb Guidelines

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Class IIb Guidelines
1- Facilitated PCI using regimens other than full-dose fibrinolytic therapy might be considered as a reperfusion strategy when all of the following are present: Class II b, Level of Evidence: C

a. Patients are at high risk,

b. PCI is not immediately available within 90 minutes, and

c. Bleeding risk is low (younger age, absence of poorly controlled hypertension, normal body weight).

 AHA / ACC 2007 STEMI Guidelines for Facilitated PCI Class IIb Recommendation 1 should be CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III