1. The introduction of primary PCI as the default treatment strategy for AMI dramatically increased the availability of reperfusion therapy and decreased in-hospital and post-discharge mortality.
2. Studies showed that primary PCI offered similar survival chances to patients from small villages as to patients from large cities with PCI centers.
3. Primary PCI involves not just opening the blocked artery via angioplasty but also involves diagnostic evaluation to determine the extent of coronary disease, identify the culprit lesion, assess hemodynamics and left ventricular function, and determine appropriate revascularization.