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Rescue angioplasty after failed fibrinolysis for acute myocardial infarction: predictors of a failed procedure and 1-year mortality.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18231990     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Rescue angioplasty (rPCI) for failed fibrinolysis is associated with a low mortality if successful, but a high mortality if it fails. The latter may reflect a high-risk group or harm in some patients. Predictors of success or failure of rPCI may aid selection of patients to be treated. METHODS: Unselected patients referred for rPCI from March 1994 to March 2005 were studied to determine the predictors of a failed procedure and 1-year mortality. RESULTS: Of 440 patients undergoing emergency coronary angiography for failed fibrinolysis (1-year mortality 18%), 101 had thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade (TFG) 3 in the infarct-related vessel. rPCI was attempted in 318 of 339 patients with <TFG 3 flow, but not in 21 patients (angiography-produced TFG 3 [n = 7] or unsuitable anatomy [n = 14]). Of the rPCI cohort, 77% had a successful procedure (no in-lab death or emergency coronary artery bypass grafting and TFG 3 in the infarct-related vessel); rPCI failed in 23%. One-year mortality rates for successful and failed rPCI were 14 and 43%, respectively. Patients with failed rPCI were older and more likely to be diabetic, have anterior MI, be interhospital transfers, be in cardiogenic shock, and less likely to be a current smoker. Shock was the only independent predictor of failed rPCI. Age group >75 years, shock, and final TFG < 3 were independent predictors of 1-year mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Cardiogenic shock is an independent predictor of a failed rPCI. Age group >75 years and shock were the only independent clinical predictors of 1-year mortality. These clinical variables may help in selecting patients for either a strategy of rescue angioplasty after failed fibrinolysis, or in selecting specific patients who might do better with a policy of primary angioplasty.
Authors:
Babu Kunadian; Kunadian Vijayalakshmi; Joel Dunning; Andrew G C Sutton; Douglas F Muir; Robert A Wright; James A Hall; Mark A de Belder
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions     Volume:  71     ISSN:  1522-726X     ISO Abbreviation:  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv     Publication Date:  2008 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-03-10     Completed Date:  2008-04-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100884139     Medline TA:  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  138-45     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS4 3BW, United Kingdom. babukunadian@aol.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary*
Comorbidity
Coronary Angiography
Female
Humans
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy,  epidemiology,  mortality*,  therapy*
Patient Selection
Radiography, Interventional
Retreatment
Shock, Cardiogenic / mortality
Survival Analysis
Thrombolytic Therapy*
Time Factors
Treatment Failure
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Comment In:
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Feb 1;71(2):146   [PMID:  18231991 ]

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