Systemic thrombolysis and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in acute myocardial infarction

Intravenous high-dose infusion of streptokinase in acute evolving myocardial infarction is a widely used therapeutic concept with clinically relevant recanalization rates and low complications. In our experience with 150 patients and acute myocardial infarction treated with intravenous streptokinase (1.5 Mio U), 107 (78 p. 100) of 137 patients demonstrated an antegrade perfused infarct artery. In a group of patients (n = 95), in whom early revascularization was performed, the incidence of reinfarction was reduced from 15 p. 100 to 7 p. 100; hospital mortality was not influenced (3.6 p. 100 vs 4.3 p. 100). PTCA was successful in 39 of 48 patients (81 p. 100). The incidence of angiographically determined restenosis amounted to 28 p. 100 (9/32). Patients after successful PTCA without restenosis demonstrated an improvement of left ventricular function in contrast to patients with restenosis or reocclusions. Thus, intravenous streptokinase followed by PTCA presents a clinically practicable and promising method for treatment of acute myocardial infarction.     

Time delay in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI): a comparison of primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with thrombolysis

Abstract Background: If primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) cannot be performed within times comparable to thrombolysis, the possible advantages of that management may be offset by the logistic difficulties associated with its delivery.
Aim: To measure and compare the time delay involved in administration of thrombolysis and primary PTCA over a one year period and examine causes for delay greater than 60 minutes.
Method: Prospective data collection on all patients treated with primary PTCA or thrombolysis. A quality improvement process was applied.
Results: Eighty-five patients were treated with thrombolysis with a delay of 39±8 (SD) minutes, 12 patients being treated more than 60 minutes after presentation. Primary PTCA was used in 79 patients with a delay of 48±12 (SD) minutes, 21 patients being treated after more than 60 minutes. Time delays in the two management groups were significantly different (p=0.03) but that in primary PTCA during routine hours was not significantly different from that in thrombolysis treated patients (p=0.07). Causes for revascularisation delay greater than 60 minutes from presentation are discussed.
Conclusions: With appropriate facilities and organisation, patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting within normal working hours can be treated with primary PTCA without compromising their care due to time delay. Many patients managed with primary revascularisation by thrombolysis or primary PTCA with a delay of more than 60 minutes have identifiable clinically appropriate delays.     

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for treatment of acute myocardial infarction: comparison with percutaneous transluminal coronary recanalization

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was evaluated as a means of reperfusion of the infarct-related coronary artery, and the results were compared with those of percutaneous transluminal coronary recanalization (PTCR). There were no difference in sex, age, infarct location and time from the onset to start of treatment between 135 patients with evolving acute myocardial infarction treated with PTCA (PTCA group) and 113 patients treated with PTCR alone (PTCR group). Fifty-nine patients in the PTCA group underwent PTCA following PTCR; the remaining 76 patients were without prior PTCR. Successful PTCA, defined as a 20% or more reduction in percent luminal stenosis diameter, was achieved in 123 (90%) of the 135 patients in the PTCA group. The reperfusion rate was 93% in the PTCA group and 77% in the PTCR group (p less than 0.01). Residual stenosis immediately after the treatment was 30 +/- 13% in the PTCA group and 70 +/- 16% in the PTCR group (p less than 0.01). In the PTCA group, three cases developed serious complications which were associated with angioplasty: coronary perforation, side branch occlusion resulting in cardiogenic shock and exacerbation of cardiogenic shock. The latter two patients died, however, there was no difference in hospital mortality rate: 6% in the PTCA group versus 11% in the PTCR group. At follow-up angiography performed four weeks after admission, reocclusion of the successfully recanalized arteries was observed in 3% of the PTCA group and in 14% of the PTCR group (p less than 0.01). Regional wall motion was evaluated by left ventriculography using a wall motion score system which consisted of six grades; from normal counted as 0, to dyskinesis counted as 5. There was no difference in the wall motion score between the successful PTCA group and the successful PTCR group (2.6 +/- 1.4 versus 2.8 +/- 1.4), but the scores of both groups were better than those of the non-recanalized group (3.4 +/- 1.0: p less than 0.01). In conclusion, PTCA and PTCR have the same effect on hospital mortality rate and regional wall motion, but PTCA has a higher reperfusion rate and a lower reocclusion rate than does PTCR. Although PTCA has a potential disadvantage inducing serious complications, it appears to be a useful treatment for acute myocardial infarction.     

急性心肌梗塞急诊PTCA后ST段改变及其临床意义

目的　对９５ 例急性心肌梗塞（ＡＭＩ）患者急诊经皮冠状动脉腔内成形术（ＰＴＣＡ）后３０ 分钟体表心电图ＳＴ 段改变进行分析，探讨此时ＳＴ 段改变与ＰＴＣＡ 效果、心肌损害程度及心功能预后的关系。方法　根据ＳＴ 段改变分三组。组Ⅰ：ＳＴ 段明显下降（≥５０％ ）组５５ 例，组Ⅱ：ＳＴ 段下降（＜ ５０％ ）组３２ 例，组Ⅲ：ＳＴ 段无变化或抬高者组８ 例。测定术后肌酸激酶（ＣＫ）的变化，同时测定术前及术后心功能。结果　组Ⅰ与组Ⅱ为ＰＴＣＡ 成功者，术后组ⅡＣＫ 明显高于组Ⅰ。术后４～６ 周组Ⅱ射血分数（ＥＦ％ ）明显低于组Ⅰ。结论　急性心肌梗塞患者ＰＴＣＡ 术后３０ 分钟体表心电图ＳＴ 段的改变能间接反映ＰＴ－ＣＡ 疗效。较准确早期了解心肌细胞灌注情况并判定预后     

急性心肌梗塞直接经皮冠状动脉腔内成形术

目的观察急性心肌梗塞（ＡＭＩ）患者应用直接经皮冠状动脉腔内成形术（ＰＴＣＡ）的安全性和有效性。方法对１１４例ＡＭＩ患者在发病１２小时内行直接ＰＴＣＡ术,其中有５例心原性休克的患者。梗塞相关血管（共１１５支血管）：左主干３例（２．６％）,前降支５６例（４８．７％）,回旋支１２例（１０４％）,右冠状动脉４４例（３８．５％）。ＴＩＭＩ血流：０级８２例（７１．３％）,１级１７例（１４．７％）,２级１６例（１４．０％）。结果１１１例患者手术成功,ＴＩＭＩ血流３级（９７．４％）。住院期间死亡３例（２．６％）,均为心原性休克患者,其中２例经紧急冠状动脉旁路移植术后死亡。８５例患者置入了冠状动脉内支架（７３．９％）。随访９５例患者,２例后期死于心力衰竭,９例出院后出现心肌缺血,其中８例再次行ＰＴＣＡ术。结论直接ＰＴＣＡ是治疗急性心肌梗塞的安全有效措施,成功率较高,并发症少;术后复发心肌缺血发生率较溶栓治疗低。     

Morphology of the coronary arteries after combined thrombolysis and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

Autopsy findings are reported for 6 patients who died early (8, 9, 12, 13 and 14 days) or late (52 days) after combined thrombolysis and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for acute myocardial infarction. Morphologic changes in the coronary arteries at the site of revascularization included injury to the inner portion of the arterial wall (intimal splitting, subintimal dissection, medial tears and submedial dissection) and necrosis of medial smooth muscle cells. Residual mural thrombi and thrombotic reocclusion were noted within the arterial lumen. There was a beginning neointima formation in all patients who died early and a reobstructing neointima proliferation in the patient who died late after PTCA. The results of this study support the suggestion that both rupture and dissection of the inner arterial wall and necrosis of the tunica media resulting from irreversible dilatation of the grossly intact outer layers are the most important mechanisms of PTCA. Response to arterial wall injury after PTCA is a neointima formation leading to covering of mural thrombi and thrombogenic intimal, medial and adventitial substances and smoothing of the luminal surface. Large residual mural thrombi and excessive neointimal proliferation may cause restenosis within a few weeks.     

Effects of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: intracoronary thrombolysis with urokinase in acute myocardial infarction

Coronary angiography and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) were performed in 32 patients with evolving acute myocardial infarction. Of the 25 patients with complete occlusion of an infarct-related coronary artery, in 18 (72%) the occluded vessel was successfully opened by an intracoronary infusion of urokinase. With a small dose of urokinase the successful recanalization was achieved in only 25%; with a larger dose it was achieved in 94%. After PTCA, all patients received glucose-insulin-potassium solution for 76 hours. Repeat angiography 42 days later showed a patent coronary artery in 12 (group A) of 18 patients with successful PTCA. In group A, left ventricular ejection fraction increased from 51 +/- 13% to 72 +/- 10% (p less than 0.01) and regional wall shortening from 4.5 +/- 9.5% to 29 +/- 19% (p less than 0.01). In contrast, these variables did not change significantly in patients with unsuccessful PTCA or late reocclusion of an infarct-related vessel (group B). These data suggest that successful PTCA with sustained patency of an infarct-related coronary artery has a beneficial effect on the salvage of the jeopardized myocardium, and glucose-insulin-potassium therapy may enhance the beneficial effect of PTCA.     

补救性经皮冠状动脉腔内成形术治疗急性心肌梗塞

目的探讨补救性经皮冠状动脉腔内成形术（ＰＴＣＡ）在治疗急性心肌梗塞（ＡＭＩ）中的作用。方法对溶栓治疗失败的３６例患者进行补救性ＰＴＣＡ治疗。患者心功能Ｋｉｌｐ分级：Ⅲ级和Ⅳ级４例，Ⅱ级和Ⅰ级３２例。冠状动脉造影显示梗塞相关动脉：前降支１７例，右冠状动脉１４例，回旋支４例，中间动脉１例。ＰＴＣＡ前ＴＩＭＩⅠ级和Ⅰ～Ⅱ级血流各２例，余３２例均为ＴＩＭＩ０级。３６例均进行ＰＴＣＡ治疗，其中１３例患者置入了支架。结果术中除３例失败外，３１例患者病变血管血流达到ＴＩＭＩⅢ级，２例ＴＩＭＩⅡⅢ级，残余狭窄≤５０％，成功率为９１．７％。院内并发症：１例在ＰＴＣＡ成功后当天因顽固性休克和心室纤颤死亡；１例于第３天死于心脏破裂，住院病死率为５．６％。１４例患者在术后１～２个月内复查冠状动脉造影，２例发生再狭窄。结论ＡＭＩ患者在溶栓治疗失败后，在有条件的医院可施行补救性ＰＴＣＡ治疗，成功率高，对改善患者的近期和远期预后可能有利     

Emergency percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

Coronary angioplasty combined with thrombolytic therapy using urokinase (UK-PTCA) was attempted for acute myocardial infarction from September 1983 to December 1985, and without thrombolytic therapy (direct PTCA), thereafter. For UK-PTCA, the lesion was severely stenosed in 13, subtotally occluded in two and totally occluded in 21, and 29 lesions (81%) were successfully dilated. For direct PTCA, the lesion was stenosed in five, subtotally occluded in two and totally occluded in 14, and 19 lesions (90%) were dilated. Only one lesion in UK-PTCA had restenosis during hospitalization, but it was successfully redilated. Follow-up angiography was performed for 26 among 29 UK-PTCA cases and showed patency (diameter stenosis less than 50%) in 13, restenosis (less than 50%) in 12 and occlusion in one. Ten among 12 restenosed lesions were redilated and they were all patent at subsequent angiography. In 15 of 19 dilated lesions with direct PTCA, the lesion was patent in 10, and restenosed in five. Four of them were redilated and remained patent at subsequent angiography. Major complications occurred only in the UK-PTCA group before the judicious use of intra-aortic balloon pumping for hemodynamic instability. These included two deaths due to cardiogenic shock, one coronary dissection, and one sudden reocclusion, possibly due to thrombus formation. PTCA is applicable with or without thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction with high primary success rate and maintain coronary flow thereafter.     

急性心肌梗死患者行急诊经皮腔内冠状动脉成形术住院期间死亡因素分析

目的　分析大连医科大学附属一院急性心肌梗死 (AMI)住院期间行急诊经皮腔内冠状动脉成形术 (PTCA)的情况 ,探讨影响住院期间死亡的因素。方法　选择自 1996年 6月至 2 0 0 1年 3月首次AMI接受急诊PTCA治疗的患者 4 3例 ,男性 30例 ,女性 13例 ,年龄 (6 0 5± 12 6 )岁。住院期间死亡 7例 (16 3%)。结果　伴有Killip 3级以上、心源性休克患者死亡率分别为 5 8 3%、4 4 4 %,明显高于没有这些并发症的患者 ;病变血管为完全闭塞病变患者的死亡率 (2 0 6 %)明显高于非完全闭塞病变者 (0 %) ;术中急性血栓形成患者死亡率 (40 0 %)明显高于无血栓形成者 (9 1%)。结论　伴有心源性休克、Killip 3级以上心衰、以及病变血管为完全闭塞病变、术中并发急性血栓形成是急性心肌梗死患者行急诊PTCA住院期间死亡的危险因素。     

溶栓及PTCA治疗急性心肌梗塞92例临床分析

本文总结１９９１年８月至１９９６年４月应用溶栓及ＰＴＣＡ治疗ＡＭＩ９２例，男７６例，女１６例，年龄４６～７０岁之间，平均年龄６０．２±１０．５岁。治疗分为：①冠状动脉内输注尿激酶（ＩＣＵＫ）组３２例；②静脉输注尿激酶（ＩＶＵＫ）组４１例；③经皮冠状动脉腔内成形（ＰＴＣＡ）组１９例。全组再通６９例，总再通率为７５．０％，ＩＣＵＫ组、ＩＶＵＫ组、ＰＴＣＡ组再通率分别为７５．０％、６５．７％和９４．７％三组再通率比较有显著差异。三组患者近期预后比较：全组９２例，死亡９例，死亡率９．７８％，８例发生于梗塞血管未通者，１例发生于血管再通者。ＩＣＵＫ组３２例，死亡３例（９．３７％），发生心功能不全８例（２５．０％）；ＩＶＵＫ组４１例，死亡５例（１２．０％），发生心功能不全１１例（２６．８３％）；ＰＴＣＡ组１９例，死亡１例，死亡率为５．２６％，ＰＴＣＡ组无心功能不全者。     

Long-term follow-up after direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to analyze long-term follow-up information over several years from consecutive, unselected patients treated with direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for acute myocardial infarction (MI).Background. Direct PTCA is often used in patients with acute MI. Short-term results are favorable. However, there is less information available on long-term observations over several years in these patients.Methods. A total of 416 consecutive and unselected patients with acute MI underwent direct PTCA. Survival of the acute infarct phase was 94.2%; the remaining 392 patients—the study population—were discharged and followed for 3.3 ± 1.4 years. Mortality as well as cardiac events and reinterventions are reported. Clinical variables assessed at the time of discharge are submitted to statistical analysis to detect potential risk factors.Results. Total cumulative mortality in the first year was 10% for the entire group and 6% for patients not presenting in cardiogenic shock. Mortality after discharge was 4.6% in the first year and dropped to <4% per year thereafter. Reinterventions after discharge were required in 16% in the first year and in <4% per year in years 2 to 4. Poor left ventricular ejection fraction (<35%), three-vessel disease and advanced age (≥75 years) were long-term risk factors for total mortality after direct PTCA.Conclusions. The clinical benefit of direct PTCA for acute MI is maintained during follow-up with respect to mortality. However, reinterventions for restenosis or de novo stenosis are often required (10% to 20%). Although few in number (<10%), patients with severely impaired left ventricular function continue to have a poor prognosis.     

Efficacy of intracoronary thrombolysis versus percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for treating acute myocardial infarction]

The usefulness of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients with evolving myocardial infarction remains controversial. We retrospectively assessed the efficacy of PTCA on myocardial salvage in acute myocardial infarction in comparison with the efficacy of intracoronary thrombolysis (ICT). Sixty-two patients with initial anteroseptal myocardial infarction who had been treated within 6 hrs after the onset of chest pain were categorized into 4 groups: 1) spontaneous recanalization: n = 14, 2) successful PTCA: n = 25 (this group was further subdivided into 2 groups: direct PTCA group, primary PTCA without prior ICT: n = 19; and rescue PTCA group, PTCA after unsuccessful ICT: n = 6), 3) successful ICT group (n = 12), and 4) unsuccessful recanalization group (n = 11). Left ventricular function in the chronic phase was assessed by contrast ventriculography using the global ejection fraction (EF) and regional wall motion (RWM) was assessed by the centerline method. Patients with recanalization had a significantly higher EF than did those without (62 +/- 12 vs 50 +/- 13%, p < 0.01). The mean EFs for groups with successful reperfusion were as follows: 65 +/- 8% for the spontaneous recanalization group, 61 +/- 14% for PTCA group (64 +/- 13% for direct PTCA group, 51 +/- 13% for rescue PTCA group) and 60 +/- 12% for the ICT group. The EFs for the spontaneous recanalization group and the direct PTCA group were significantly greater than that for the rescue PTCA group. The time to reperfusion and the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade before reperfusion did not affect the preservation of global left ventricular function. RWM of the infarcted area in patients with recanalization were less hypokinetic than that in patients without (p < 0.01). The mean RWM (SD/chord) in the successfully reperfused groups were -2.3 +/- 1.2 for the spontaneous recanalization group, -2.6 +/- 1.2 for the PTCA group (-2.3 +/- 1.1 for the direct PTCA group, -3.3 +/- 1.0 for rescue PTCA group) and -3.0 +/- 0.5 for the ICT group. Hypokinesis of the infarcted area was more severe in the rescue PTCA group than in the spontaneous recanalization group and the direct PTCA group (multiple comparison test p < 0.01, respectively), and hypokinesis was more severe in the ICT group than in the direct PTCA group (Student's t-test, p < 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

急诊经皮腔内冠状动脉成形术治疗急性心肌梗死

目的 :观察急诊经皮腔内冠状动脉成形术 (PTCA)治疗急性心肌梗死 (AMI)的效果。方法 :13例 AMI患者行急诊 PTCA治疗 ,男 10例 ,女 3例 ,年龄 38～ 85 (6 0 .2± 13.6 )岁。其中 6例并发心源性休克 ,3例系溶栓失败后行补救性 PTCA,4例不适作溶栓治疗。梗死相关血管 :前降支 9例 ,右冠状动脉 4例。结果 :PTCA成功率92 .3% ,死亡 1例。术前梗死相关血管狭窄 (98.7± 3.0 ) % ,术后残余狭窄为 (14.6± 16 .2 ) %。 3例术中发生心室颤动 ,1例出现房室传导阻滞 ,1例出现无再流现象 ,经反复冠状动脉内注射硝酸甘油后恢复。术后 1例死亡 ,11例长期生存 ,随访 1～ 18个月无心脏事件发生 ,生活质量明显改善。结论 :AMI时行急诊 PTCA成功率高 ,对溶栓禁忌证、溶栓失败或 AMI并发心源性休克者应积极行急诊 PTCA。     

A comparison of electrocardiographic changes during reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction by thrombolysis or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

BACKGROUND: Different electrocardiographic changes have been described during thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction to indicate successful reperfusion. The occluded coronary artery also can be reopened by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). This study was performed to compare electrocardiographic changes during primary or rescue PTCA and thrombolytic therapy. The electrocardiographic changes were studied directly at the moment of reperfusion during PTCA. METHODS AND RESULTS: Continuous 12-lead electrocardiographic monitoring was performed in 110 patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing a reperfusion intervention (thrombolytic therapy or primary or rescue PTCA) to assess electrocardiographic changes during reperfusion. Patency and Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction flow in the infarct-related artery were assessed by coronary angiography. During reperfusion of the infarct-related coronary artery, early signs of reperfusion were an increase of ST-segment deviation (30%), ST-segment normalization (70%), and terminal T-wave inversion (60%); only 11% of patients showed no ST-segment changes. Thrombolytic therapy was significantly more often accompanied by a transient increase in ST-segment deviation compared with primary PTCA. Accelerated idioventricular rhythm was documented in 51%, an increase in the number of ventricular premature complexes in 42%, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in 7%, and bradycardia in 18% of all patients. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms the occurrence of specific electrocardiographic changes at the time of reperfusion. The pattern of ST-segment change upon reperfusion relates to the type of treatment. Awareness of electrocardiographic changes at the moment of reperfusion will help to select patients for rescue PTCA and can be used to assess the effect of future pharmacologic interventions to limit reperfusion damage.     

急诊PTCA与溶栓治疗急性心肌梗死近期疗效对比研究

目的:对急诊PTCA和溶栓在急性心肌梗死(AMI)治疗中的近期疗效作一对比研究。方法:回顾性分析中山医院自2001年1月至2001年11月收治的行急诊PTCA和溶栓治疗的85例AMI患者的资料.并分析其临床不良事件的发生率、超声心动图检查结果。结果:急诊PTCA患者49名,溶栓患者36名。溶栓组的室性心律失常发生率(25%)、梗死后心绞痛(22.22%)、心源性休克(25%)、左室室壁运动积分指数(1.82±0.32)、行冠状动脉旁路手术(CABG)者(13.89%).死亡率(27.78%).平均住院天数(25.06±16.37)d.分别高于PTCA组的2.04% (P<0.01)、6.12%(P<0.05)、6.12%(P<0.05)、1.47±0.34(P<0.01)、0(P相似文献