• J. Thromb. Thrombolysis · Feb 2018

    Multicenter Study

    Outcome of thrombus aspiration in STEMI patients: a propensity score-adjusted study.

    • Johannes Blumenstein, Steffen Daniel Kriechbaum, Jürgen Leick, Alexander Meyer, Won-Keun Kim, Jan Sebastian Wolter, Maisun Abu-Samra, Kay Weipert, Matthias Bayer, Oliver Dörr, Claudia Walther, Christian W Hamm, Holger Nef, Christoph Liebetrau, and Helge Möllmann.
    • Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff Heart and Thorax Center, German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Benekestrasse 2-8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
    • J. Thromb. Thrombolysis. 2018 Feb 1; 45 (2): 240-249.

    AbstractThe use of thrombus aspiration (TA) prior to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) has undergone a radical change in intervention guidelines. The clinical implications, however, are still under scrutiny. This study investigated the clinical effects and outcome of TA before PPCI in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Overall 1027 patients with STEMI were analyzed in this retrospective, propensity score-adjusted, multicenter study. The primary endpoints were in-hospital and long-term mortality. There were 418 patients in the TA group and 609 in the conventional PPCI group. The in-hospital mortality rate was significantly higher in the TA group (8.7 vs. 5.0%; P = 0.03). During long-term follow-up [median follow-up duration 689 days (IQR 405-959)] the mortality rates were similar (TA 14.3%, conventional PPCI 15.0%; P = 0.85). Survival analysis for the complete observation period revealed no significant benefit of TA [hazard ratio (HR) 1.12; 97.5% CI 0.90-0.71; P = 0.63]. There were also no significant differences between the groups in the following secondary endpoints: composite of cardiovascular death and non-fatal reinfarction at discharge (P = 0.39), post-PPCI thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow-grade-3 (P = 0.14), left ventricular ejection fraction (P = 0.47), and non-fatal reinfarction during follow-up (P = 0.17). Rehospitalization rate (1.82 vs. 10.3%; P < 0.0001) and Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) grading (P = 0.02) during follow-up were significantly lower in the TA group. In our cohort the in-hospital mortality rate was significantly higher for TA patients, but during long-term follow-up the mortality rates did not differ. The incidence of rehospitalization and CCS grading were lower in the TA-treated patients.

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