title: [Intracoronary stent implantation and left ventricular function in primary PTCA in acute myocardial infarct].
abstract: In acute myocardial infarction intracoronary stenting is superior to PTCA regarding interventional success and occurrence of cardiac events. It is, however, uncertain whether myocardial function also improves with stenting. We, therefore, assessed angiographic parameters of myocardial function in patients with acute myocardial infarction who were treated with primary PTCA and received additional stenting in case of an unsatisfactory angiographic result (provisional stenting). Nineteen patients with acute myocardial infarction, in whom a "stent-like" angiographic result was achieved by PTCA alone, were compared with an equal number of patients receiving provisional stenting. The groups were exactly matched with respect to severity of coronary heart disease, segment of coronary occlusion, Killip class, and TIMI flow after intervention. We only included patients without inhospital cardiac events, in whom repeat angiography after ten days revealed a patent target vessel. There were no differences between both groups regarding age, gender, enzymatic infarction size, duration of ischemia (< or = 12 h), and cardiac risk factors. Myocardial function was assessed by ventriculography and was analyzed quantitatively by the center-line method. The group treated by intracoronary stenting showed a significantly improved ejection fraction (60.3 +/- 2.1% vs. 52.6 +/- 2.9%). All parameters of regional wall motion also indicated significantly less functional disturbance in the stented group compared to PTCA alone (circumferential extend of hypokinesia: 7.4 +/- 2.4% vs. 16.1 +/- 3.4% chords, maximum hypokinesia in the central infarct region: -0.98 +/- 0.20 vs. -1.52 +/- 0.15 SD, severity of regional hypokinesia: 7.3 +/- 2.6 vs. 21.9 +/- 5.4 area). In summary, these results in patients undergoing primary PTCA in acute myocardial infarction indicate that intracoronary stenting is superior to PTCA alone with respect to myocardial recovery, even if an angiographically "stent-like" result can be achieved. Probably, stenting results in a more efficient reperfusion.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik II Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tölg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schwill
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Katus
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Richardt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Intrakoronare Stentimplantation und linksventrikuläre Funktion bei primärer PTCA im akuten Myokardinfarkt.