• American heart journal · Oct 2009

    Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study

    Early abciximab administration before transfer for primary percutaneous coronary interventions for ST-elevation myocardial infarction reduces 1-year mortality in patients with high-risk profile. Results from EUROTRANSFER registry.

    • Tomasz Rakowski, Zbigniew Siudak, Artur Dziewierz, Ralf Birkemeyer, Jacek Legutko, Waldemar Mielecki, Rafal Depukat, Magnus Janzon, Justyna Stefaniak, Krzysztof Zmudka, Jacek S Dubiel, Lukasz Partyka, and Dariusz Dudek.
    • 2nd Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
    • Am. Heart J. 2009 Oct 1; 158 (4): 569-75.

    BackgroundThere are conflicting data on the clinical benefit from early administration of abciximab from a large randomized trial and a registry. However, both sources suggest that a benefit may depend on the baseline risk profile of the patients. We evaluated the role of early abciximab administration in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) referred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention stratified by the STEMI Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score.MethodsA total of 1,650 patients were enrolled into the EUROTRANSFER Registry. One thousand eighty-six patients received abciximab (66%). Abciximab was administered early in 727 patients (EA) and late in 359 patients (LA). We used the TIMI risk score for risk stratification. Patients with scores >or=3 constituted the high-risk group of 616 patients (56.7%), whereas 470 patients formed the low-risk cohort. Factoring in the timing of the abciximab administration resulted in 4 groups of patients who were compared for mortality at 1 year: EA/high-risk (n = 413); LA/high-risk (n = 203); EA/low-risk (n = 314); LA/low-risk (n = 156). Baseline difference was accounted for by means of propensity score.ResultsIn high-risk patients, 1-year mortality was significantly lower with early abcximab compared to late administration (8.7% vs 15.8%; odds ratio 0.51, CI 0.31-0.85, P = .01). In multivariable Cox regression analysis, both early abciximab administration and patients' risk profile (TIMI score >or=3) were identified as independent predictors of 1-year mortality.ConclusionsEarly abciximab administration before transfer for percutaneous coronary intervention in STEMI shows lower mortality at 1-year follow-up. This effect is confined to patients with higher risk profile as defined by TIMI risk score >or=3.

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