scholarly journals Sex-specific differences in management and treatment in ST-elevation myocardial infarction – a German nationwide real-life analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Kuehnemund ◽  
J Koeppe ◽  
A J Fischer ◽  
J Feld ◽  
J Illner ◽  
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Abstract Background/Introduction Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) continues to be the leading cause of death in men and women worldwide. The outcome of patients with AMI improved during the last years but the impact of sex is under current debate since female sex has repeatedly to be associated with an unfavourable outcome in AMI. Purpose This retrospective routine-data-based analysis sought to examine sex differences of recent trends in in-patient healthcare and outcome of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods The dataset of the Federal Association of the Local Health Insurance Funds was used to identify patients who were hospitalized for STEMI in Germany between January 2010 and December 2017. Further, data on concomitant diseases, risk constellations, selected cardiovascular procedures, as well as in-hospital and 30-days mortality were assessed and further analyzed with regard to sex differences. Results In total, we identified 175,187 STEMI patients over the 8-year period, thereof about 35% female patients. Women with STEMI were older (median (interquartile range (IQR)): 76 (19) vs. 64 (20) years in men) and had more comorbidities including diabetes (44.9% vs. 35.5%), hypertension (90.9% vs. 82.8%), congestive heart failure (54.7% vs. 43.8%) and chronic kidney disease (33.5% vs. 22.3%); all p<0.001). Further, female STEMI patients underwent less often percutaneous coronary intervention during hospitalization (PCI; 75.5% vs. 85.2%; p<0.001). Complications such as shock (14.8% vs. 13.0%) and bleeding (9.3% vs. 6.6%; both p<0.001) could be observed more frequently in women. Female sex was independently associated with a higher adjusted 30-day mortality (Odds Ratio 1.08; CI 1.05–1.12; p<0.001). Conclusion In a contemporary unselected cohort, one-third of STEMI patients are female. Women with STEMI are older with higher cardiovascular risk, and continue to receive less likely interventional revascularization therapy compared to male STEMI patients. Moreover, female STEMI patients were observed higher complications and death during index hospitalization and 30 days thereafter. Further analyses are urgently needed to identify causes of under-treatment and impaired outcome in women with STEMI. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): joint federal committee, Germany.

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Lopez-de-Andres ◽  
Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia ◽  
Valentin Hernández-Barrera ◽  
Jose M. de Miguel-Yanes ◽  
Romana Albaladejo-Vicente ◽  
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Abstract Background To analyze incidence, use of therapeutic procedures, and in-hospital outcomes in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) according to the presence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in Spain (2016–2018) and to investigate sex differences. Methods Using the Spanish National Hospital Discharge Database, we estimated the incidence of myocardial infarctions (MI) in men and women with and without T2DM aged ≥ 40 years. We analyzed comorbidity, procedures, and outcomes. We matched each man and woman with T2DM with a non-T2DM man and woman of identical age, MI code, and year of hospitalization. Propensity score matching was used to compare men and women with T2DM. Results MI was coded in 109,759 men and 44,589 women (30.47% with T2DM). The adjusted incidence of STEMI (IRR 2.32; 95% CI 2.28–2.36) and NSTEMI (IRR 2.91; 95% CI 2.88–2.94) was higher in T2DM than non-T2DM patients, with higher IRRs for NSTEMI in both sexes. The incidence of STEMI and NSTEMI was higher in men with T2DM than in women with T2DM. After matching, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was less frequent among T2DM men than non-T2DM men who had STEMI and NSTEMI. Women with T2DM and STEMI less frequently had a code for PCI that matched that of non-T2DM women. In-hospital mortality (IHM) was higher among T2DM women with STEMI and NSTEMI than in matched non-T2DM women. In men, IHM was higher only for NSTEMI. Propensity score matching showed higher use of PCI and coronary artery bypass graft and lower IHM among men with T2DM than women with T2DM for both STEMI and NSTEMI. Conclusions T2DM is associated with a higher incidence of STEMI and NSTEMI in both sexes. Men with T2DM had higher incidence rates of STEMI and NSTEMI than women with T2DM. Having T2DM increased the risk of IHM after STEMI and NSTEMI among women and among men only for NSTEMI. PCI appears to be less frequently used in T2DM patients After STEMI and NSTEMI, women with T2DM less frequently undergo revascularization procedures and have a higher mortality risk than T2DM men.


2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (14) ◽  
pp. E991
Author(s):  
Mikihito Toda ◽  
Kenji Wagatsuma ◽  
Hideo Amano ◽  
Junichi Yamazaki

Open Heart ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. e000852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artin Entezarjou ◽  
Moman Aladdin Mohammad ◽  
Pontus Andell ◽  
Sasha Koul

BackgroundST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) occurs as a result of rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque in the coronary arteries. Limited data exist regarding the impact of culprit coronary vessel on hard clinical event rates. This study investigated the impact of culprit vessel on outcomes after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of STEMI.MethodsA total of 29 832 previously cardiac healthy patients who underwent primary PCI between 2003 and 2014 were prospectively included from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry and the Registry of Information and Knowledge about Swedish Heart Intensive care Admissions. Patients were stratified into three groups based on culprit vessel (right coronary artery (RCA), left anterior descending artery (LAD) and left circumflex artery (LCx)). The primary outcome was 1-year mortality. The secondary outcomes included 30-day and 5-year mortality, as well as heart failure, stroke, bleeding and myocardial reinfarction at 30 days, 1 year and 5 years. Univariable and multivariable analyses were done using Cox regression models.ResultsOne-year analyses revealed that LAD infarctions had the highest increased risk of death, heart failure and stroke compared with RCA infarctions, which had the lowest risk. Sensitivity analyses revealed that reduced left ventricular ejection fraction on discharge partially explained this increased relative risk in mortality. Furthermore, landmark analyses revealed that culprit vessel had no significant influence on 1-year mortality if a patient survived 30 days after myocardial infarction. Subgroup analyses revealed female sex and multivessel disease (MVD) as significant high-risk groups with respect to 1-year mortality.ConclusionsLAD and LCx infarctions had a relatively higher adjusted mortality rate compared with RCA infarctions, with LAD infarctions in particular being associated with an increased risk of heart failure, stroke and death. Culprit vessel had limited influence on mortality after 1 month. High-risk patient groups include LAD infarctions in women or with concomitant MVD.


Cells ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 793
Author(s):  
Yehuda Wexler ◽  
Udi Nussinovitch

Numerous studies have reported correlations between plasma microRNA signatures and cardiovascular disease. MicroRNA-133a (Mir-133a) has been researched extensively for its diagnostic value in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). While initial results seemed promising, more recent studies cast doubt on the diagnostic utility of Mir-133a, calling its clinical prospects into question. Here, the diagnostic potential of Mir-133a was analyzed using data from multiple papers. Medline, Embase, and Web of Science were systematically searched for publications containing “Cardiovascular Disease”, “MicroRNA”, “Mir-133a” and their synonyms. Diagnostic performance was assessed using area under the summary receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC), while examining the impact of age, sex, final diagnosis, and time. Of the 753 identified publications, 9 were included in the quantitative analysis. The pooled AUC for Mir-133a was 0.73. Analyses performed separately on studies using healthy vs. symptomatic controls yielded pooled AUCs of 0.89 and 0.68, respectively. Age and sex were not found to significantly affect diagnostic performance. Our findings indicate that control characteristics and methodological inconsistencies are likely the causes of incongruent reports, and that Mir-133a may have limited use in distinguishing symptomatic patients from those suffering AMI. Lastly, we hypothesized that Mir-133a may find a new use as a risk stratification biomarker in patients with specific subsets of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).


2020 ◽  
pp. 204748732092845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai ◽  
Giacomo Frati ◽  
Achille Gaspardone ◽  
Enrica Mariano ◽  
Alessandro D Di Giosa ◽  
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Background Environmental pollution and weather changes unfavorably impact on cardiovascular disease. However, limited research has focused on ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the most severe yet distinctive form of acute coronary syndrome. Methods and results We appraised the impact of environmental and weather changes on the incidence of STEMI, analysing the bivariate and multivariable association between several environmental and atmospheric parameters and the daily incidence of STEMI in two large Italian urban areas. Specifically, we appraised: carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitric oxide (NOX), ozone, particulate matter smaller than 10 μm (PM10) and than 2.5 μm (PM2.5), temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity and rainfall. A total of 4285 days at risk were appraised, with 3473 cases of STEMI. Specifically, no STEMI occurred in 1920 (44.8%) days, whereas one or more occurred in the remaining 2365 (55.2%) days. Multilevel modelling identified several pollution and weather predictors of STEMI. In particular, concentrations of CO ( p=0.024), NOX ( p=0.039), ozone ( p=0.003), PM10 ( p=0.033) and PM2.5 ( p=0.042) predicted STEMI as early as three days before the event, as well as subsequently, and NO predicted STEMI one day before ( p = 0.010), as well as on the same day. A similar predictive role was evident for temperature and atmospheric pressure (all p < 0.05). Conclusions The risk of STEMI is strongly associated with pollution and weather features. While causation cannot yet be proven, environmental and weather changes could be exploited to predict STEMI risk in the following days.


Cor et Vasa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. e584-e590
Author(s):  
Mir Milad Pourmousavi ◽  
Arezou Tajlil ◽  
Behzad Rahimi Darabad ◽  
Laleh Pourmousavi ◽  
Leili Pourafkari ◽  
...  

Open Heart ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. e000810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivo M van Dongen ◽  
Joëlle Elias ◽  
K Gert van Houwelingen ◽  
Pierfrancesco Agostoni ◽  
Bimmer E P M Claessen ◽  
...  

ObjectiveThe impact on cardiac function of collaterals towards a concomitant chronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has not been investigated yet. Therefore, we have evaluated the impact of well-developed collaterals compared with poorly developed collaterals to a concomitant CTO in STEMI.Methods and resultsIn the EXPLORE trial, patients with STEMI and a concomitant CTO were randomised to either CTO percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or no-CTO PCI. Collateral grades were scored angiographically using the Rentrop grade classification. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) at 4 months were measured using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Well-developed collaterals (Rentrop grades 2–3) to the CTO were present in 162 (54%) patients; these patients had a significantly higher LVEF at 4 months (46.2±11.4% vs 42.1±12.7%, p=0.004) as well as a trend for a lower LVEDV (208.2±55.7 mL vs 222.6±68.5 mL, p=0.054) when compared with patients with poorly developed collaterals to the CTO. There was no significant difference in the total amount of scar in the two groups. Event rates were statistically comparable between patients with well-developed collaterals and poorly developed collaterals to the CTO at long-term follow-up.ConclusionsIn patients with STEMI and a concomitant CTO, the presence of well-developed collaterals to a concomitant CTO is associated with a better LVEF at 4 months. However, this effect on LVEF did not translate into improvement in clinical outcome. Therefore, the presence of well-developed collaterals is important, but should not solely guide in the clinical decision-making process regarding any additional revascularisation of a concomitant CTO in patients with STEMI.Clinical trial registrationNTR1108.


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