title: A simple angiographic index to predict adverse clinical outcome associated with acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The major determinant of final infarct size for a given coronary occlusion is the size of the myocardial area-at-risk. We propose herein a new index 'Relative Importance Index (RII)' to predict area-at-risk in patients with anterior myocardial infarction (MI). The aim of the study was to assess the predictive value of RII in left ventricle (LV) systolic function reduction and its relation to adverse clinical outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred twenty-three acute anterior MI patients with their first acute coronary syndrome incident were consecutively and prospectively enrolled in to the study. RII was calculated by dividing the culprit segment diameter by the sum of diameters of the left anterior descending, circumflex, and right coronary arteries at their proximal segments. We evaluated the one-month follow-up rates of major clinical endpoints, which were defined as death, non-fatal MI, stroke, and new congestive heart failure (CHF).
  
  
  RESULTS
  RII was significantly and negatively correlated with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (r=-0.65, p<0.001). Likewise, RII was significantly correlated with 72 hour troponin I (TnI) (r=0.48, p<0.001). Patients were dichotomized according to the median value of RII (median RII: 0.30). Supra-median RII was associated with lower EF (32.8±8.6 vs. 42.8±9.4, p<0.001) and higher incidence of composite major adverse cardiac events (33.9% vs. 13.1%, p=0.01). The mortality, non-fatal MI and new CHF rates in the supra-median RII group trended higher but they did not reach statistical significance. An RII >0.30 had an 88% sensitivity and 60% specificity (ROC area: 0.82, p<0.001, CI: 0.73-0.90) for predicting severe LV dysfunction (LVEF<30%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A simple index derived from coronary angiography at the time of primary percutaneous coronary intervention can predict LV systolic function loss and adverse clinical outcome in patients with acute anterior MI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey. tarikagac@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mustafa Tarık
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Ağaç
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Süret
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ağaç
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Akçaabat Haçkalı Baba State Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Turhan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bektaş
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Akçaabat Haçkalı Baba State Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Rıza
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Akyüz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Çetin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sükrü
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Çelik
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012372:ROC Curve; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey