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Hospital outcome of moderate to severe pericardial effusion complicating ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20975001     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Hospital prognosis of moderate to severe pericardial effusion (MPE; ≥10 mm) in ST-elevation myocardial infarction is largely unknown.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Data from 446 ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients, 228 with MPE-88 with cardiac tamponade (CT) and electromechanical dissociation (EMD), 44 with CT without EMD (w/oEMD), and 96 without initial CT-and 218 with small PE (5 to 9 mm), were compared. Patients with MPE without initial CT were also compared with 96 patients without PE. CT patients showed larger PE (P<0.001) than those without initial CT; 85% of those with CT+EMD and 86% with CTw/oEMD were treated with pericardiocentesis and 10% and 21% were treated with a surgical repair, respectively. Among MPE patients, 30-day mortality was 43% and was higher in those with CT+EMD (operated, 89%; and nonoperated, 85%) than in those with CTw/oEMD (22% and 11%, respectively; P<0.001) and those without initial CT (17%; P<0.001). It was also higher than in patients with small PE (10%; P<0.001) or those without PE (6%; P=0.001). Death was attributable to cardiac rupture in 83% of patients with CT+EMD, 7% with CTw/oEMD, and 8% with MPE without initial CT and occurred late (≥7 days) in 14%, 67%, and 100%, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: MPE carries an increased mortality that is highest in patients with CT+EMD. In those with CTw/oEMD, however, mortality is considerably low after pericardiocentesis, and subsequent management may be individualized because a conservative approach is often successful. Importantly, MPE patients without initial CT are not free from late rupture and deserve further investigation.
Authors:
Jaume Figueras; José A Barrabés; Vicens Serra; Josefa Cortadellas; Rosa-Maria Lidón; Alvaro Carrizo; David Garcia-Dorado
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-10-25
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation     Volume:  122     ISSN:  1524-4539     ISO Abbreviation:  Circulation     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-09     Completed Date:  2010-12-23     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0147763     Medline TA:  Circulation     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1902-9     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Unitat Coronària, Servei de Cardiologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. 5751jfb@comb.es
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology
Cardiac Tamponade / complications*,  mortality,  therapy
Female
Heart Injuries / epidemiology
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / epidemiology
Hematocrit
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications*,  mortality,  surgery,  therapy
Pericardial Effusion / etiology*,  therapy
Pericarditis / epidemiology
Prognosis
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Circulation. 2010 Nov 9;122(19):1898-9   [PMID:  20974994 ]

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