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Title: Totally occluded culprit coronary artery in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
Author: Fernando, H.
Duffy, S.
Low, A.
Dinh, D.
Adrianopoulos, N.
Sharma, Anand
Karlheinz, P.
Stub, D.
Leong, Kai'En
Ajani, A.
Clark, D.
Freeman, M.
Sebastian, M.
Brennan, A.
Selkrig, L.
Reid, C.
Kaye, D.
Oqueli, Ernesto
Issue Date: 2021
Publication Title: The American Journal of Cardiology
Volume: 56
Start Page: 52
End Page: 57
Abstract: The short- and long-term implications of identifying totally occluded culprit coronary arteries (TOCCA) in patients presenting with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) have not been well studied. This study compares clinical characteristics, short- and long-term outcomes of patients with NSTEMI identified with TOCCA to that of patients with non-TOCCA undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We analyzed data from patients with NSTEMI undergoing single-vessel PCI within the Melbourne Interventional Group multi-center registry between 2005 and 2017. Those with TOCCA were compared to those with non-TOCCA. The primary endpoint was 30-day major adverse cardiac events (MACE). Secondary endpoints included 12-month MACE and long-term mortality. A total of 6,829 patients with NSTEMI had single-vessel PCI of which 954 (14%) had TOCCA. Most TOCCA were non-left anterior descending (right coronary artery 39% versus circumflex 33% versus left anterior descending 26%; p <0.001). Cardiogenic shock and left ventricular dysfunction were higher in the TOCCA group, but non-TOCCA patients had more baseline comorbidities. Thirty-day MACE was higher in the TOCCA group (6.7% versus 3.8%; p <0.001). Long-term mortality with an average follow-up of 4.9 years was higher in the non-TOCCA group (12% versus 18%, p <0.01). Multivariable Cox-proportional hazards regression identified TOCCA as an independent predictor of 30-day MACE (HR = 1.93; 95%CI: 1.4-2.6), but not long-term mortality, which was predicted by baseline comorbidities. In conclusion, while patients with NSTEMI with TOCCA undergoing PCI represent a more unstable subgroup early on, long-term outcomes appear more dependent on baseline comorbidities.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11054/1828
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.06.043
Internal ID Number: 01788
Health Subject: PCI
PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
STEMI
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Type: Journal Article
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