title: [Primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction. A one-year experience in a small urban community].
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility, safety and efficacy of primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction in a cardiology centre of a small urban community without on-site cardiac surgery. During 1995, 50 patients underwent angioplasty for MI in the first 12 hours. The average age was 66.7 +/- 12.6 years. Eighty six per cent of patients had at least one poor prognostic criteria (32% over 75 years of age, 70% anterior wall infarcts, 30% with heart rates > 100 min on admission). The angiographic result was successful in 45 patients (90%). The time between onset of pain and reopening the vessel was 240 +/- 116 min and between admission to the catheter laboratory and reopening 31 +/- 8 min. A coronary stent was implanted in 24 cases (48%) and intra-aortic balloon pumping was necessary in 14 cases (28%). Ischaemia recurred during the hospital phase in 7 cases (14%), 4 of which (8%) were caused by rethrombosis of the dilated artery: in 3 cases, the ischaemia was in another zone. No emergency coronary bypass surgery was required. The hospital mortality was 10%, always in patients over 80 years of age. The average duration of the hospital stay was 5.8 +/- 2.6 days with 15.7 +/- 7.3 days of convalescence. The average global cost was 61850 +/- 20686 F. These results were comparable to previously reported figures and confirm that primary angioplasty in acute infarction is possible and effective with an acceptable risk in a small urban community without on-site cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Unité cardiologique de la Reine-Blanche, Orléans.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moquet
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Huguet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cami
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Linassier
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Decomis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guille des Buttes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goralski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lepifre
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pigale
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Placente
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D018579:Patient Selection; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014505:Urban Population