Abstract:Objective To evaluate the effect of half dose tirofiban assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on myocardial perfusion and safety in elderly patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).Methods This study was a randomized-controlled trial, and 98 elderly patients who underwent emergency PCI in STEMI in Cangzhou Central Hospital from May 2020 to May 2021 were randomly divided into two groups. 49 cases in group A were treated with standard dose tirofiban and half dose tirofiban in group B. The levels of myocardial perfusion TIMI grade and TIMI count frame, cardiac function index [ left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), LV end systolic internal diameter (LVESD), LV terminal diastolic internal diameter (LVEDD) ], serum myocardial injury markers [myocardial troponin (cTnI), N terminal forebrain sodium peptide (NT-proBNP), creatine kinase isoenzyme (CK-MB)], and the occurrence of cardiovascular adverse events (MACE), and bleeding complications were recorded in both groups.Results There was no significant difference in TIMI grade, cTFC, and cardiac function between the two groups (P > 0.05); LVEF increased, and LVEDD and LVESD decreased in the two groups after treatment compared with before treatment (P < 0.05); LVEF after treatment was higher than that before treatment, LVEDd and LVESD were lower than those before treatment (P < 0.05); The levels of serum CTN Ⅰ, CK-MB, and NT proBNP in group B were lower than those in group A (P < 0. 05); The total incidence of mace in group B (2.04%) was not significantly different from that in group A (8.16%) (P > 0.05); The total incidence of bleeding in group B (2.04%) was lower than that in group A (16.33%) (P < 0.05).Conclusion Half dose tirofiban assisted PCI is effective in the treatment of senile acute STEMI. It can effectively improve the level of myocardial perfusion, reduce the incidence of bleeding complications, and does not increase the incidence of mace.