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ABSTRACT: Background
Chronic total occlusion (CTO) in a non-infarct-related artery (IRA) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is associated with a poor prognosis. However, whether the prognostic impact of non-IRA CTO differs according to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is unclear.Methods and results
A total of 2060 consecutive acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were classified into 2 groups according to their LVEF (reduced EF: LVEF < 50%, preserved EF: LVEF ? 50%) and further subdivided according to the presence of concomitant non-IRA CTO. In the reduced EF group, patients with CTO had a higher 1-year all-cause death rate (20.3% vs. 34.3%, P = 0.001) and major adverse cardiac event rate (MACE: 19.6% vs. 39.6%, P < 0.001) compared to those without CTO, but they were similar between patients with and without CTO in the preserved EF group. Non-IRA CTO was an independent predictor of all-cause death (HR 1.58, 95% CI 1.06-2.33, P = 0.02) and MACE (HR 1.67, 95% CI 1.14-2.46, P = 0.009) only in the reduced EF group. In addition, the outcomes of successful CTO-PCI seemed to be similar to those without CTO in the reduced EF group.Conclusions
CTO in a non-IRA may contribute to a poor prognosis only in AMI patients with reduced LVEF.
SUBMITTER: Ito H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7933260 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ito Hiromasa H Masuda Jun J Kurita Tairo T Ida Mizuki M Yamamoto Ayato A Takasaki Akihiro A Takeuchi Tetsushiro T Sato Yuichi Y Omura Takashi T Sawai Toshiki T Tanigawa Takashi T Ito Masaaki M Dohi Kaoru K
International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature 20210226
<h4>Background</h4>Chronic total occlusion (CTO) in a non-infarct-related artery (IRA) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is associated with a poor prognosis. However, whether the prognostic impact of non-IRA CTO differs according to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is unclear.<h4>Methods and results</h4>A total of 2060 consecutive acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were classified into 2 groups according ...[more]