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Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients: A Pilot Study
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Year of publication | 2014 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Canadian Journal of Cardiology |
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Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2013.12.016 |
Field | Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery |
Keywords | INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ARTERY-DISEASE; FIBROUS CAP; NO-REFLOW; THROMBUS; ANGIOPLASTY; TRIAL; PATHOGENESIS; MECHANISMS |
Description | Background: The objective of our study was to assess whether optical coherence tomography (OCT) guidance could guide intervention to avoid balloon angioplasty and stenting during primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Methods: One hundred patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and thrombus-containing lesion were enrolled in this study. Thrombus aspiration was performed in all cases followed by an OCT study. After thrombectomy, no stent was implanted in residual significant stenosis (> 50%) if examination using OCT suggested that the occlusion was mostly thrombotic, provided that the patient was symptom-free and the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow was >= 2. All patients managed only using thrombectomy underwent 1-week and 9-month angiography and OCT. Patients with significant lesion or those in whom thrombectomy failed to re-establish flow underwent standard treatment. Results: Based on the OCT information, 20 patients (20%) were treated only with aspiration even in the presence of angiographically detected "high-grade stenosis." Angiogram and OCT performed at 1 week and 9 months showed a "normal vessel" without significant stenosis in all 20 cases. There were no cases of major adverse cardiovascular event (including death, myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularization) during the in-hospital period or at the 12-month follow-up. Conclusions: The results of our pilot study suggest that ST segment elevation myocardial infarction patients with TIMI 2/3 flow in the angiogram and without significant coronary narrowing using OCT examination (even in the presence of angiographically detected "high-grade stenosis"), in whom thrombus aspiration is performed in addition to optimal medical therapy might benefit only from thrombus aspiration without plain old balloon angioplasty/stenting during primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Validation of these preliminary data in larger randomized studies is warranted. |