title: [Acute results and 6 month follow up in patients with direct stenting during primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction with ST elevation in KBC Zagreb].
abstract: We perform primary angioplasty in all acute myocardial infarction patients with ST elevation in the first 6 hours, with good results. In 30 selected patients (36.2% of all primary angioplasty patients in this period) we used the method od direct stenting with 100% primary success. In all patients we achieved TIMI 2-3 flow, and complete or partial ST elevation resolution. The early mortality rate was 3.3%, and no other complications arose. Direct stenting in primary coronary angioplasty is a safe and effective procedure, with high primary result in selected cases, and low complication rate during procedure and incidence of MACE (Mayor Adverse Cardiac Events) during hospital stay and after 6 month follow up. The results are comparable with standard interventional procedure in acute myocardial infarction, with the advantage of shorter procedure, lower radiation exposure and less material use.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za bolesti srca i krvnih zila, KBC Zagreb.
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strozzi
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gosev
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Margetić
authors.forename: Kresimir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Putarek
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents