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      Atrial fibrillation after percutaneous coronary intervention: predictive importance of clinical, angiographic features and P-wave dispersion.

      Radiology
      Aged, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, adverse effects, Atrial Fibrillation, etiology, Coronary Angiography, Electrocardiography, Electrophysiology, Female, Forecasting, Health Status, Humans, Male, Middle Aged

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          Atrial fibrillation (AF) may occur during or after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The purpose of the study was to determine the clinical, angiographic and electrophysiological predictors of AF after PCI. 225 patients undergoing PCI (mean age of 65 +/- 11 years) who had sinus rhythm (SR) before balloon inflation were taken to study. Of these 22 developed AF in catheterization laboratory after balloon inflation or in 24 h following PCI (AF group), 203 did not (SR group). The patients in AF group were older (67 +/- 9 vs. 63 +/- 8 years, p < 0.05) and their ventricular ejection fraction was lower than SR group (56 +/- 5 vs. 45 +/- 7%, p < 0.05). The P-wave dispersion was significantly higher in AF group than SR group (53 +/- 8 vs. 29 +/- 10 ms, p < 0.001). For the patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction, the time from the onset of symptoms to balloon inflation was 3.7 +/- 1.7 h in SR group. It was longer in AF group (4.1 +/- 1.8 h, p < 0.05). TIMI perfusion grades 2 and 3 were achieved in 23 of 27 patients in SR group, and 5 of 8 patients in AF group. Multivessel disease was documented in 93 of the patients in SR group, and 12 in AF group. Clinical reperfusion was thought to be established in 20 in SR group, and 4 in AF group. In conclusion, our results show the importance of clinical factors, angiographic results and P-wave analysis in prediction of AF following PCI. Copyright 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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          The success of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction is limited by bleeding complications, the impossibility of reperfusing all occluded coronary arteries, recurrent myocardial ischemia, and the relatively small number of patients who are appropriate candidates for this therapy. We hypothesized that these problems could be overcome by the use of immediate percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), without previous thrombolytic therapy. At 12 clinical centers, 395 patients who presented within 12 hours of the onset of myocardial infarction were treated with intravenous heparin and aspirin and then randomly assigned to undergo immediate PTCA (without previous thrombolytic therapy, 195 patients) or to receive intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA, 200 patients) followed by conservative care. Radionuclide ventriculography was performed to assess ventricular function within 24 hours and at six weeks. Among the patients randomly assigned to PTCA, 90 percent underwent the procedure; the success rate was 97 percent, and no patient required emergency coronary-artery bypass surgery. The in-hospital mortality rates in the t-PA and PTCA groups were 6.5 and 2.6 percent, respectively (P = 0.06). In a post hoc analysis, the mortality rates in the subgroups classified as "not low risk" were 10.4 and 2.0 percent, respectively (P = 0.01). Reinfarction or death in the hospital occurred in 12.0 percent of the patients treated with t-PA and 5.1 percent of those treated with PTCA (P = 0.02). Intracranial bleeding occurred more frequently among patients who received t-PA than among those who underwent PTCA (2.0 vs. 0 percent, P = 0.05). The mean (+/- SD) ejection fractions at rest (53 +/- 13 vs. 53 +/- 13 percent) and during exercise (56 +/- 13 vs. 56 +/- 14 percent) were similar in the t-PA and PTCA groups at six weeks. By six months, reinfarction or death had occurred in 32 patients who received t-PA (16.8 percent) and 16 treated with PTCA (8.5 percent, P = 0.02). As compared with t-PA therapy for acute myocardial infarction, immediate PTCA reduced the combined occurrence of nonfatal reinfarction or death, was associated with a lower rate of intracranial hemorrhage, and resulted in similar left ventricular systolic function.
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              Prognostic significance of atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.

              Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent complication after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) that has been associated with increased in-hospital and long-term mortality rates in the prethrombolytic and thrombolytic eras. Current therapies, including percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), are effective in reducing mortality in patients with AMI. However, little is known concerning the incidence and prognostic significance of AF in patients with AMI who are treated with PCI. We evaluated 2,475 consecutive patients with AMI who underwent PCI within 24 hours after onset and who were enrolled in the Osaka Acute Coronary Insufficiency Study. Patients were categorized into 2 groups according to the presence of AF or atrial flutter. The incidence of AF was 12.0%. Patients with AF were older, were in higher Killip classes, had higher rates of previous myocardial infarction and previous cerebrovascular disease, had systolic blood pressure of or =100 beats/min, multivessel disease, and had poorer reperfusion of the infarct-related artery than those without AF. Patients with AF had higher in-hospital (16.0% vs 6.7%, p <0.001) and 1-year (18.9% vs 7.9%, p <0.001) mortality than those without AF. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that AF was an independent predictor of 1-year mortality (hazard ratio 1.64, 95% confidence interval 1.05 to 2.55) but was not a predictor of in-hospital mortality. AF is a common complication in patients with AMI who are treated with PCI and independently influences 1-year mortality.
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