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5-year prognostic value of no-reflow phenomenon after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction

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Ndrepepa, Gjin, Tiroch, Klaus, Fusaro, Massimiliano, Keta, Dritan, Seyfarth, Melchior, Byrne, Robert A., Pache, Jürgen, Alger, Patricia +3 more·2010·Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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Objectives The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of no-reflow phenomenon on 5-year mortality among patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This impact was also assessed in relation to infarct size.Background The impact of no-reflow on long-term mortality in patients with STEMI has been insufficiently studied.Methods This study included 1,406 patients with STEMI treated by primary PCI. No-reflow was diagnosed using angiographic criteria. Infarct size was measured with single-photon emission computed tomography imaging 7 to 14 days after the acute event. The primary outcome was 5-year mortality.Results The no-reflow phenomenon was diagnosed in 410 patients (29%). Infarct size was 15.0% (6.0% to 29.0%) of the left ventricle in the no-reflow group versus 8.0% (2.0% to 21.0%) of the left ventricle in the reflow group (p < 0.001). There were 132 deaths during follow-up. Of them, 59 deaths occurred among patients with no-reflow and 73 deaths occurred among patients with reflow (Kaplan-Meier estimates of 5-year mortality 18.2% and 9.5%, respectively; odds ratio: 2.02; 95% confidence interval: 1.44 to 2.82; p < 0.001). The Cox proportional hazards model adjusting for infarct size among other variables identified the no-reflow phenomenon as an independent correlate of 5-year mortality (hazard ratio: 1.66; 95% confidence interval: 1.17 to 2.36; p = 0.004).Conclusions In patients with STEMI treated by primary PCI, no-reflow phenomenon is a strong predictor of 5-year mortality. No-reflow phenomenon after PCI provides prognostic information that is independent of and beyond that provided by infarct size.

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Ndrepepa, G., Tiroch, K., Fusaro, M., Keta, D., Seyfarth, M., Byrne, R. A., Pache, J., Alger, P., Mehilli, J., Schömig, A., & Kastrati, A.
Affiliations
  • Deutsches Herzzentrum München (DE)
  • TUM Klinikum (DE)
Corresponding author
Ndrepepa, Gjin
Venue
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-05
Volume
55
Issue
21
Pages
2383-2389
ISSN
0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2096751472
Cited by
475
References
23
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15.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion
Keywords
no-reflow phenomenon, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, primary percutaneous coronary intervention, long-term mortality, infarct size, prognostic factors, coronary microvascular dysfunction, single photon emission computed tomography
MeSH terms
Aged, Cause of Death, Electrocardiography, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction, Postoperative Care, Probability, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Severity of Illness Index, Time Factors, Cohort Studies, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Confidence Intervals, Proportional Hazards Models, Odds Ratio, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome, Coronary Angiography, Risk Assessment, Statistics, Nonparametric, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, No-Reflow Phenomenon

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