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- Title
Myocardial salvage for ST-elevation myocardial infarction with terminal QRS distortion and restoration of brisk epicardial coronary flow.
- Authors
Nakamura, Nobuo; Gohda, Masahiro; Satani, Osamu; Tomobuchi, Yoshiaki; Ueno, Yuji; Tanimoto, Takashi; Kitabata, Hironori; Takarada, Shigeho; Kubo, Takashi; Mizukoshi, Masato; Hirata, Kumiko; Tanaka, Atsushi; Imanishi, Toshio; Akasaka, Takashi
- Abstract
Recently, it has been reported that large infarcts associated with terminal QRS distortion (QRSDIS) on the admission electrocardiograms of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs) may be caused by a failure to achieve thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) grade 3 flow after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, the relationship between QRSDIS and final infarct size when TIMI grade 3 flow could be achieved by primary PCI is still unclear. Sixty-two consecutive patients with first anterior STEMI and who achieved TIMI grade 3 flow by primary PCI were classified into two groups according to the presence (Group A, n = 18) or absence (Group B, n = 44) of QRSDIS. Two weeks after the onset of acute myocardial infarction, Group A had a larger left ventricular (LV) end-systolic volume index (LVESVI) and a lower LV ejection fraction (LVEF) than Group B (LVESVI: 38 ± 13 vs 31 ± 12 ml/m2, P = 0.025: LVEF: 42% ± 10% vs 51% ± 10%, P = 0.004). Through multivariate analysis, independent predictors of poor LV systolic function (LVEF < 40%) were determined to be the presence of QRSDIS (odds ratio 21.04, P = 0.021) and proximal left anterior descending artery occlusion (odds ratio 16.15, P = 0.033). Myocardial damage could not be reduced in patients experiencing STEMI with QRSDIS, even when TIMI grade 3 flow could be achieved by primary PCI, as much as in patients experiencing STEMI without QRSDIS.
- Subjects
CORONARY disease; MYOCARDIAL infarction; NECROSIS; THROMBOLYTIC therapy; HEART diseases
- Publication
Heart & Vessels, 2009, Vol 24, Issue 2, p96
- ISSN
0910-8327
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00380-008-1092-3