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Trial reportClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2026

Impact of renal dysfunction on immediate versus staged revascularization of non-culprit lesions in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: a pre-specified subgroup analysis of the randomized MULTISTARS AMI trial.

Miklos Rohla, Kurt Huber, Ferdinando Varbella, Axel Linke, Bettina Schwarz, Stephan B Felix, Moritz Seiffert, Rahel Kesterke, Peter Nordbeck, Bernhard Witzenbichler and 37 more

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Trial report in Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03135275 (MULTivessel Immediate Versus STAged RevaScularization in Acute Myocardial Infarction - The MULTISTARS AMI Trial), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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MULTivessel Immediate Versus STAged RevaScularization in Acute Myocardial Infarction - The MULTISTARS AMI Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ZurichRan2016 to 2023Enrolled840ConditionsST-elevation Myocardial Infarction, Multivessel Coronary DiseaseArmsStaged complete PCI, Immediate complete PCI, Synergy™ stent
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Miklos RohlaDepartment of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8967-0806
Kurt HuberAustrian Heart Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
Ferdinando VarbellaInterventional Cardiology Unit, Degli Infermi Hospital, Rivoli, Turin, Italy.
Axel LinkeDepartment of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Technische Universität Dresden, University Clinic, Herzzentrum Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Bettina SchwarzHeart Center, Segeberger Kliniken GmbH, Academic Teaching Hospital for the Universities of Kiel, Lübeck and Hamburg, Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Stephan B FelixDepartment of Internal Medicine B, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), University Medicine Greifswald, Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Moritz SeiffertBG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Rahel KesterkeDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology (CTEC), University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Peter NordbeckDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Bernhard WitzenbichlerDepartment of Cardiology and Pneumology, Helios Amper-Klinikum, Dachau, Germany.
Irene M LangDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Mirjam KesslerDepartment of Cardiology, Ulm University Heart Center, Ulm, Germany.
Christian ValinaDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Alban DibraDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Medicine, Tirana University Hospital "Mother Teresa", Tirana, Albania.
Philipp JakobDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology (CTEC), University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Marco MoccettiCardiocentro Ticino Institute, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland.
Matteo VercellinoCardiovascular Disease and Cardiology Unit, IRCCS, Policlinico San Martino University Hospital, Genoa, Italy.
Luise GaedeKlinikum Herrsching, Starnberger-Kliniken, Herrsching, Germany.
Lorenz Bott-FlügelCardiology and Pneumology, Klinikum Landkreis Erding, Erding, Germany.
Julia StehliDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology (CTEC), University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Alessandro CandrevaDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology (CTEC), University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Francesco PaneniDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology (CTEC), University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Christian TemplinDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology (CTEC), University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Matthias SchindlerDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology (CTEC), University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Manfred WischnewskyFB Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Greca ZandaInterventional Cardiology Unit, Degli Infermi Hospital, Rivoli, Turin, Italy.
Giorgio QuadriInterventional Cardiology Unit, Degli Infermi Hospital, Rivoli, Turin, Italy.
Norman MangnerDepartment of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Technische Universität Dresden, University Clinic, Herzzentrum Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Aurel TomaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Giulia MagnaniDivision of Cardiology, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.
Peter ClemmensenDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Population Health Innovation (POINT), University Heart and Vascular Center HamburgUniversity Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), andDZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.
Thomas F LüscherHeart Division, Royal Brompton &, Harefield Hospitals and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Thomas MünzelDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University, Partner Site Rhine Main, Mainz, Germany.
P Christian SchulzeDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany.
Karl-Ludwig LaugitzClinic and Policlinic Internal Medicine I (Cardiology and Angiology), DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Technische Universität Münchenand, Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Klinikum Rechts Der Isar, Munich, Germany.
Wolfgang RottbauerDepartment of Cardiology, Ulm University Heart Center, Ulm, Germany.
Franz-Josef NeumannDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Steffen SchneiderInstitut Für Herzinfarktforschung (Foundation IHF), Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Thomas RiemerInstitut Für Herzinfarktforschung (Foundation IHF), Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Franz WeidingerMedical Department With Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital Landstrasse, Vienna, Austria.
Stephan AchenbachKlinikum Herrsching, Starnberger-Kliniken, Herrsching, Germany.
Gert RichardtHeart Center, Segeberger Kliniken GmbH, Academic Teaching Hospital for the Universities of Kiel, Lübeck and Hamburg, Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Adnan KastratiKlinik Für Herz Und Kreislauferkrankungen, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität Münchenand, Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance , Munich, Germany.
Ian FordRobertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Frank RuschitzkaDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology (CTEC), University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Barbara E StähliDepartment of Cardiology, Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology (CTEC), University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. barbara.staehli@usz.ch.
MULTISTARS AMI Investigators

Funding

Boston Scientific Corporation ISROTH10277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRenal dysfunction might affect outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

methodsIn MULTISTARS AMI, patients with STEMI and MVD were randomized to immediate or staged PCI of non-culprit lesions. In this pre-specified analysis, patients were stratified according to the presence of renal dysfunction at baseline, defined at an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 60 ml/min/1.73 m

resultsIn MULTISTARS AMI, 108 (13%) of 832 patients had renal dysfunction. The primary endpoint occurred more frequently in patients with renal dysfunction (19.4% vs. 11.2%, unadjusted HR 1.82, 95% CI 1.13-2.94), primarily driven by higher rates of death. Among patients with renal dysfunction, the rates of the primary end point were 14.5% and 24.5% in the immediate and staged PCI groups (unadjusted HR 0.55, 95% CI 0.23-1.33). There was no interaction between renal dysfunction and the randomized treatment assignment with respect to the primary end point (adjusted HR 1.30, 95% CI 0.8-2.20, p

conclusionsOutcomes with immediate compared to staged multivessel PCI did not appear significantly altered by the presence of renal dysfunction at baseline. (Supported by Boston Scientific; MULTISTARS AMI ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03135275).

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Coronary Artery DiseasePercutaneous Coronary InterventionRenal InsufficiencyST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionAgedFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeAcute coronary syndrome myocardial infarctionAcute kidney injuryChronic kidney diseaseContrast-induced nephropathy, Renal failurePercutaneous coronary intervention

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