Impact of admission creatinine level on clinical outcomes of patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent implantation

Background Prognosis of patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction （STEMI） and renal dysfunction （RD） who received primary percutaneous coronary intervention （PCI） has not been fully investigated in the drug-eluting stent （DES） era. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of admission serum creatinine level on short-term outcomes in patients with acute STEMI undergoing DES-based primary PCI.
Methods Primary PCI with DES implantation was attempted in 619 consecutive STEMI patients within 12 hours of symptom onset. Among them, 86 patients had a serum creatinine level ≥115 μmol/L on admission （RD group）, and the remaining 533 patients had normal renal function （non-RD group）. The primary endpoint was 30-day major adverse cardiac events （MACE, including death, non-fatal reinfarction, and target vessel revascularization）, and the secondary endpoint was subacute stent thrombosis.
Results Patients in the RD group were older than those in the non-RD group. There are more female patients in the RD group and they had a history of hypertension, myocardial infarction and revascularization. The occurrence rates of Killip class ≥2 （29.1% vs 18.6%, P=0.02） and multi-vessel （62.8% vs 44.5%, P=0.001） and triple vessel disease （32.6% vs 18.2%, P=0.002）, in-hospital mortality （9.3% vs 3.8%, P=0.03）, and MACE rate during hospitalization （17.4% vs 7.7%, P=-0.006） were higher in the RD group than those in the non-RD group. At a 30-day clinical follow-up, the MACE-free survival rate was significantly reduced in the RD group （76.7% vs 89.9%, P=-0.0003）. Angiographic stent thrombosis occurred in 3 （3.5%） and 7 （1.3%） of patients in the RD group and non-RD group, respectively （P=0.15）. Multivariate analysis revealed that the serum creatinine level 〉115 μmol/L on admission was an independent predictor for MACE rate at a 30-day follow-up （Hazard ratio （HR） 3.31,95% CI 1.19-9.18, P 〈0.001）.
Conclusion Despite similar prevalence of stent thromb     

Support or not to support the left ventricle in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock？

To the editor： Cardiogenic shock is one of the devastating complications of acute myocardial infarction. The mortalityrate is still unacceptably high though having some treatment options such as complete revascularization, vasoactive drugs and mechanical support devices. Intra-aortic balloon pump （IABP） is the oldest and most frequently used supporting method. In one of the past issues of the journal, Wu et alJ retrospectively analyzed the factors affecting the outcomes of the elderly Chinese patients with cardiogenic shock treated with IABP. This study stimulated us to bring up some controversial issues of IABP support. Some current data in terms of IABP usage should be reviewed more comprehensively beyond knowing the factors affecting the outcomes.