title: Emergency angioplasty in acute anterior myocardial infarction.
abstract: Ninety-three patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction were treated with emergency percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). All were found to have a high-grade obstruction in the left anterior descending (LAD) vessel or the bypass graft to this vessel; 64 patients had a total occlusion. A completely successful PTCA, defined as a residual lesion of less than or equal to 50%, was achieved in 73 (78%) patients. A partially successful PTCA, with a residual lesion of 51% to 99%, was achieved in 12 (13%) patients. PTCA was unsuccessful in eight (9%) patients. Hospital mortality was 14%. Three parameters viewed separately each predicted hospital mortality: presence of shock, a proximal location of the LAD vessel occlusion, and the residual stenosis after PTCA. Reocclusion was found in only 11% of patients but 34% had evidence of restenosis on restudy.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Columbia.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Flaker
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Webel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meinhardt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Santolin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Artis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krol
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016019:Survival Analysis