| Title: |
Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: The Experience of 'Evagelismos' General Hospital of Athens |
| Authors: |
Anthopoulos, Prodromos; Antonellis, Ioannis; Yfantis, Georgios; Salahas, Anastasios; Gavaliatsis, Isidoros; Koulouris, Spyridon; Andrikopoulos, George; Alexanian, Ioannis; Kambitsi, Efrosini; Mihas, Konstantinos; Tzeis, Stylianos; Triantafyllou, Konstantinos; Sideris, Antonis; Siorras, Ilias; Kardaras, Fotios; Tavernarakis, Antonios; Manolis, Antonis S |
| Source: |
Hospital Chronicles; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2009); 41-45 ; 1792-9172 ; 1790-7306 |
| Publisher Information: |
Hospital Chronicles |
| Publication Year: |
2009 |
| Collection: |
Hospital Chronicles (E-Journal) |
| Subject Terms: |
acute myocardial infarction; primary PCI; percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI; ST-elevation myocardial infarction |
| Description: |
BACKROUND: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been shown to be a better reperfusion strategy in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) compared with thrombolysis, particularly when applied early. The objective of the present study was to report our experience from treating patients presenting to the emergency room of our hospital with STEMI with primary PCI. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The population of the study included 100 patients who presented to our hospital with STEMI and underwent primary PCI over a 12-month period. Patients’ clinical and angiographic data were retrospectively collected and patients were followed up for 9 months. Technical details of the primary PCI, including stent implantation, and use of drug eluting stents, thrombus aspiration catheter, or platelet glycoprotein IIb/ΙΙΙa inhibitors were recorded and correlated to clinical and angiographic patient data. RESULTS: Of 196 patients who presented o the emergency room with STEMI during the study period, 100 (51%) patients (85 men and 15 women) underwent primary PCI. PCI was successful with TIMI 3 flow of the infarct-related coronary artery in 79 (79%) patients. Six (6%) patients died during hospitalization and another 4 (4.3%) patients died during the 9-month follow up period. Twenty one (22%) patients required rehospitalization for acute coronary syndrome, of whom 17 needed a repeat PCI and 4 patients were submitted to coronary artery bypass grafting. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://www.hospitalchronicles.gr/index.php/hchr/article/view/319/346; http://www.hospitalchronicles.gr/index.php/hchr/article/view/319 |
| Availability: |
http://www.hospitalchronicles.gr/index.php/hchr/article/view/319 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.7D8AF06C |
| Database: |
BASE |