Culprit vessel only versus staged percutaneous coronary intervention for multi-vessel disease in patients presenting with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
ZHU Huagang
MENG Shuai
JIA Ruofei
LI Xiang
YANG Duo
JIN Zening
LV Shuzheng
Abstract：Objective To investigate whether percutaneous coronary intervention ( PCI ) should be confined to the culprit vessel only or also nonculprit vessels during staged procedures in patients with ST -segment elevation myocardial infarc-tion (STEMI) and multivessel disease (MVD).Methods From April 2012 through December 2013, 59 patients with acute STEMI and multivessel disease who were undergoing primary PCI were enrolled .Patients were categorized into the culprit ves-sel only PCI strategy ( n =34) versus staged nonculprit vessels PCI ( n =25).The clinical characteristics of the patients at baseline and details regarding angiography and PCI were recorded and compared .The endpoints analyzed included the 3-month rates of total adverse cardiovascular events and its components , death, nonfatal myocardial infarction , target-vessel revascular-ization, and refractory angina.Results Details regarding angiography (number of stents per artery, stent length and stent di-ameter) and PCI ( symptoms to balloon time , PCI time and medication ) and medical therapy ( aspirin, statin and beta-bloc-ker, etc.) during perioperative period were similar in the two groups ( P >00.5 ).Follow-up information at 3 months were collected.One case in the staged nonculprit vessels PCI group and three cases in culprit vessel only PCI strategy group were lost follow up.Culprit vessel only PCI strategy versus staged nonculprit vessels PCI was associated with higher 3-month total adverse cardiovascular events (38.7%vs.12.5%,χ2 =4.685, P <0.05), and refractory angina (32.3% vs.8.3%,χ2 =4.539, P <0.05).There was no death in each group .Conclusion Staged nonculprit vessels PCI may improve the prognosis and prevent refractory angina in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease .
Keywords：Coronary artery diseaseMyocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary intervention
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 661-664 )