Comparison Between the Incidence of Coronary No-Reflow in Patients with Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction receiving ticagrelor versus clopidogrel loading doses

QJM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 114 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Gamaleldin Elewa ◽  
Shehab Adel Eletriby ◽  
Ahmed Shawky Elserafy

Abstract Background Primary PCI is the preferred reperfusion strategy for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); because it offers prompt and complete recanalization of an occluded infarct-related artery. However, inspite of successfully restored (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction [TIMI] grade 3) epicardial blood flow, myocardial reperfusion is not regained in some patients. This phenomenon is referred to as coronary no reflow. Such patients with no reflow have higher incidence of resting segmental wall motion abnormalities (SWMA), myocardial free wall rupture, and death. Objective To compare the effect of 180 mg ticagrelor versus 600 mg clopidogrel loading doses, on the incidence of no-reflow in acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. Material and Methods This study was carried out on 100 patients, presented with acute STEMI to Ain Shams university hospitals, in the period between November 2018 and February 2019 who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). All patients were subjected to history, clinical examination, ECG recording before and after primary PCI, blood samples before primary PCI for (creatinine, CKTotal, CKMB in addition to routine laboratory investigations), and echocardiography after primary PCI. Patients were divided into two groups, where 50 patients received a 600 mg loading dose of clopidogrel and the other 50 received a 180 mg loading dose of ticagrelor prior to primary PCI. The primary endpoint was the occurrence of no reflow defined as TIMI flow grades ≤ 2 and or MBG of 0 or 1. The secondary endpoint was the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events during hospital stay. Results The primary endpoint of no reflow occurred in 17 (34%) patients in the clopidogrel group versus 12 (24%) patients in the ticagrelor group. This difference was not statistically significant (P-value 0.271). There was no significant statistical difference in the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events either. Conclusion The incidence of no reflow does not seem to be affected by the type of P2Y12 inhibitor loading received in the setting of STEMI. Further large-scale multi-center studies are required to prove or disprove the current evidence on the superiority of ticagrelor over clopidogrel in STEMI patients.

Heart ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Nepper-Christensen ◽  
Dan Eik Høfsten ◽  
Steffen Helqvist ◽  
Jens Flensted Lassen ◽  
Hans-Henrik Tilsted ◽  
...  

ObjectiveThe Third Danish Study of Optimal Acute Treatment of Patients with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction – Ischaemic Postconditioning (DANAMI-3-iPOST) did not show improved clinical outcome in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with ischaemic postconditioning. However, the use of thrombectomy was frequent and thrombectomy may in itself diminish the effect of ischaemic postconditioning. We evaluated the effect of ischaemic postconditioning in patients included in DANAMI-3-iPOST stratified by the use of thrombectomy.MethodsPatients with STEMI were randomised to conventional primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or ischaemic postconditioning plus primary PCI. The primary endpoint was a combination of all-cause mortality and hospitalisation for heart failure.ResultsFrom March 2011 until February 2014, 1234 patients were included with a median follow-up period of 35 (interquartile range 28 to 42) months. There was a significant interaction between ischaemic postconditioning and thrombectomy on the primary endpoint (p=0.004). In patients not treated with thrombectomy (n=520), the primary endpoint occurred in 33 patients (10%) who underwent ischaemic postconditioning (n=326) and in 35 patients (18%) who underwent conventional treatment (n=194) (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 0.55 (95%confidence interval (CI) 0.34 to 0.89), p=0.016). In patients treated with thrombectomy (n=714), there was no significant difference between patients treated with ischaemic postconditioning (n=291) and conventional PCI (n=423) on the primary endpoint (adjusted HR 1.18 (95% CI 0.62 to 2.28), p=0.62).ConclusionsIn this post-hoc study of DANAMI-3-iPOST, ischaemic postconditioning, in addition to primary PCI, was associated with reduced risk of all-cause mortality and hospitalisation for heart failure in patients with STEMI not treated with thrombectomy.Trial registration numberNCT01435408.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Kim ◽  
Y Ahn ◽  
M H Jeong ◽  
D S Sim ◽  
Y J Hong ◽  
...  

Abstract Background/Introduction Although optimal revascularization strategy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD) was well established, there are few studies which investigated optimal revascularization strategy in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEM) with MVD. Purpose We investigated 2-year clinical outcomes according to strategy of revascularization in patients with NSTEMI and MVD. Methods Between November 2011 and October 2015, a total of 2474 patients with NSTEMI and MVD who underwent successful percutaneous coronary intervention were analyzed from the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry-National Institute of Health (staged 308, one-time 1043 and culprit-only 1123 patients). We did not include patients with left main disease and cardiogenic shock. Primary endpoint was major adverse cardiac events (MACE: the composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction [MI] or target-vessel revascularization [TVR]) during 2-year follow-up (median 737 days [interquartile range 705–764]). We also analyzed the of all-cause mortality, stroke and non-TVR. Results Baseline characteristics such as age, gender, and prevalence of atherosclerotic risk factors between multivessel revascularization (MVR; staged or one-time revascularization) and CVR were similar. There was also no difference in symptom to balloon time in 2 groups. MACE occurred in 305 patients (12.3%) during 2-year follow-up. MVR could reduce incidence of MACE (10.2% vs. 14.9%; adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 1.50 for CVR, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.20–1.88, p<0.001), all-cause death (8.4% vs. 12.1%; adjusted HR 1.45 for CVR, 95% CI 1.13–1.87, p=0.003) and non-TVR (1,9% vs. 7.0%; adjusted HR 3.99 for CVR, 95% CI 2.55–6.27, p<0.001). There was no difference in incidence of stroke between MVR and CVR. We also analyzed same analysis between staged and one-time revascularization. Complete revascularization was more achieved in one-time revascularization group compared to staged revascularization group (62.0% vs. 76.1%, p<0.001). In multivariate Cox-regression analysis, staged revascularization was not associated with improved clinical outcomes in terms of MACE (HR 0.74, 95% CI 0.50–1.09, p=0.126), all-cause death (HR 1.07, 95% CI 0.69–1.68, p=0.759), stroke (HR 1.75, 95% CI 0.68–4.52, p=0.245) and non-TVR (HR 2.56, 95% CI 0.75–8.68, p=0.132). Analysis by propensity score matching and inverse probability of treatment weighting did not significantly affect the results. Conclusions MVR reduced 2-year adverse cardiac events in patients with NSTEMI and MVD compared to CVR. However, staged revascularization was not superior to one-time revascularization for reducing MACE among NSTEMI patients with MVD who received MVR.


2017 ◽  
Vol 89 (9) ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
I S Bessonov ◽  
V A Kuznetsov ◽  
Yu V Potolinskaya ◽  
I P Zyrianov ◽  
S S Sapozhnikov

Aim. To investigate the impact of hyperglycemia on the results of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (ASTEMI). Subjects and methods. A study group consisted of 511 patients with hyperglycemia (blood glucose level (BGL) ≥7.77 mmol/L) who underwent primary PCIs in the period from 2005 to 2015. A comparison group included 579 patients (BGL ≥7.77 mmol/L). Results. Assessment of the results of hospital interventions revealed that the mortality rates in patients with hyperglycemia proved to be higher than in those with normal BGL (6.5 and 2.6%, respectively; p=0.002). No differences were found in the rates of stent thrombosis (1 and 1.4%; p=0.541) and recurrent myocardial infarction (1.2 and 1.6%; p=0.591). Major adverse cardiac events, including death, recurrent infarction, and stent thrombosis, were more frequently determined in the hyperglycemic patients (7.6 and 4.3%; p=0.020). No-reflow phenomenon statistically significantly more frequently developed in the patients with hyperglycemia (6.8 and 3.3%; p=0.007). Binary logistic regression analysis showed that the presence of hyperglycemia served as an independent predictor of hospital mortality (odds ratio (OR) 2.6; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.4 to 4.8; p=0.002). The application of a random probability sampling technique revealed that mortality remained statistically significantly higher in the hyperglycemic patients than in the normoglycemic individuals at admission (6.7 and 2.6%; р=0.011). Conclusion. PCIs in patients with ASTEMI and hyperglycemia are characterized by higher mortality rates and the risk of major adverse cardiac events. Admission hyperglycemia is an independent predictor of hospital mortality.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-153
Author(s):  
Ahmet Güner ◽  
Regayİp Zehİr ◽  
Macİt KalçIk ◽  
Abdulkadİr Uslu ◽  
Altuğ Ösken ◽  
...  

Background In addition to proinflammatory properties, eosinophils can stimulate platelet activation and enhance prothrombotic pathways. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between the eosinophil percentage (EOS%) and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods This study enrolled a total of 1,909 patients who were diagnosed with STEMI. Ventricular arrhythmia, reinfarction, the need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, target vessel revascularization, congestive heart failure, and cardiovascular mortality during index hospitalization were defined as MACE. Results Three hundred and eighty patients (19.7%) reached the combined endpoint with MACE. The rates of inhospital mortality and MACE were significantly higher in low EOS% group as compared to high EOS% group (4% vs. 1.1%, p < 0.01 and 32.8% vs. 11.3%, p < 0.01, respectively). On multivariate logistic regression analyses, EOS% (OR = 0.44, p < 0.01) was found to be one of the independent predictors of MACE. The EOS% lower than 0.60 on admission predicted inhospital MACE with a sensitivity of 68% and a specificity of 72% (AUC: 0.684, p < 0.01). Conclusions Low EOS% on admission may be associated with high inhospital MACE in STEMI patients. EOS% may be used as a novel biomarker for risk stratification of these patients.


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