Contemporary outcomes of rescue percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: Comparison with primary angioplasty and the role of distal protection devices (EMERALD trial)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1090-1096

  Dangas, George ^a   Stone, Gregg W ^a   Weinberg, Mitchell D ^a   Webb, John ^b   Cox, David A ^c   Brodie, Bruce R ^d   Krucoff, Mitchell W ^e   Gibbons, Raymond J ^f   Lansky, Alexandra J ^a   Mehran, Roxana ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44149094303     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Keeley E.C., Boura J.A., and Grines C.L. Primary angioplasty versus intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: a quantitative review of 23 randomised trials. Lancet 361 (2003) 13-20
2. The GUSTO Angiographic Investigators. The comparative effects of tissue plasminogen activator, streptokinase, or both on coronary artery patency, ventricular function, and survival after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 329 (1993) 1615-1622
3. Smalling R.W., Bode C., Kalbfleisch J., et al. More rapid, complete and stable coronary thrombolysis with bolus administration of reteplase compared with alteplase infusion in acute myocardial infarction: results of TIMI 14 Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 31 (1998) 191A
4. Abbottsmith C.W., Topol E.J., George B.S., et al. Fate of patients with acute myocardial infarction with patency of the infarct-related vessel achieved with successful thrombolysis versus rescue angioplasty. J Am Coll Cardiol 16 (1990) 770-778
5. Ellis S.G., da Silva E.R., Heyndrickx G., et al. Randomized comparison of rescue angioplasty with conservative management of patients with early failure of thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 90 (1994) 2280-2284
6. Ellis S.G., Da Silva E.R., Spaulding C.M., et al. Review of immediate angioplasty after fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: insights from the RESCUE I, RESCUE II, and other contemporary clinical experiences. Am Heart J 139 (2000) 1046-1053
7. Vermeer F., Oude Ophuis A.J., vd Berg E.J., et al. Prospective randomised comparison between thrombolysis, rescue PTCA, and primary PTCA in patients with extensive myocardial infarction admitted to a hospital without PTCA facilities: a safety and feasibility study. HEART 82 (1999) 426-431
8. Widimsky P., Groch L., Zelizko M., et al. Multicentre randomized trial comparing transport to primary angioplasty vs immediate thrombolysis vs combined strategy for patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting to a community hospital without a catheterization laboratory. The PRAGUE study. Eur Heart J 21 (2000) 823-831
9. Sutton A.G.C., Campbell P.G., Graham R., et al. A randomized trial of rescue angioplasty versus a conservative approach for failed fibrinolysis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the Middlesbrough Early Revascularization to Limit INfarction (MERLIN) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 44 (2004) 287-296
10. Gershlick A.H., Stephens-Lloyd A., Hughes S., et al. REACT Trial Investigators. Rescue angioplasty after failed thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 353 (2005) 2758-2768
11. Belenkie I., Traboulsi M., Hall C.A., et al. Rescue angioplasty during myocardial infarction has a beneficial effect on mortality: a tenable hypothesis. Can J Cardiol 8 (1992) 357-362
12. Rogers WJ, Baim DS, Gore JM. Comparison of immediate invasive, delayed invasive, and conservative strategies after tissue-type plasminogen activator. Results of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Phase II-A trial 1990:81;1457-76.
13. Ross A.M., Lundergan C.F., Rohrbeck S.C., et al. Rescue angioplasty after failed thrombolysis: technical and clinical outcomes in a large thrombolysis trial. GUSTO-1 Angiographic Investigators. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries. J Am Coll Cardiol 31 (1998) 1511-1517
14. Oude T., Ophuis J., Bar F.W., et al. Early referral for intentional rescue PTCA after initiation of thrombolytic therapy in patients admitted to a community hospital because of a large acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J 137 (1999) 846-853
15. Repetto S., Castiglioni B., Boscarini M., et al. Safety and feasibility of coronary stenting during rescue PTCA: in-hospital outcome. G Ital Cardiol 29 (1999) 630-636
16. Bar F., Vainer J., Stevenhagen J., et al. Ten-year experience with early angioplasty in 759 patients with acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 36 (2000) 51-58
17. Mattos LA, Sousa AG, Pinto IM, et al. A comparison of rescue and primary percutaneous coronary interventions for acute myocardial infarction: a multicenter registry report of 9,371 patients. Arq Bras Cardiol 82 (2004) 440-4, 434-9.
18. Schweiger M.J., Cannon C.P., Murphy S.A., et al. Early coronary intervention following pharmacologic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (the combined TIMI 10B-TIMI 14 experience). Am J Cardiol 88 (2001) 831-836
19. Stone G.W., Webb J., Cox D.A., et al. Enhanced Myocardial Efficacy and Recovery by Aspiration of Liberated Debris (EMERALD) Investigators. Distal microcirculatory protection during percutaneous coronary intervention in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 293 (2005) 1063-1072
20. Califf R.M., Topol E.J., Stack R.S., et al. Evaluation of combination thrombolytic therapy and timing of cardiac catheterization in acute myocardial infarction. Results of thrombolysis and angioplasty in myocardial infarction-phase 5 randomized trial, TAMI Study Group. Circulation 83 (1991) 1543-1556
21. O'Neill W.W., Weintraub R., Grines C.L., et al. A prospective, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of intravenous streptokinase and angioplasty versus lone angioplasty therapy of acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 86 (1992) 1710-1717
22. Gurbel P.A., Serebruany V.L., Shustov A.R., et al., for the GUSTO III Investigators. Effects of reteplase and alteplase on platelet aggregation and major receptor expression during the first 24 hours of acute myocardial infarction treatment. J Am Coll Cardiol 31 (1998) 1466-1473
23. Fitzgerald D.J., Catella F., Roy L., et al. Marked platelet activation in vivo after intravenous streptokinase in patents with acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 77 (1988) 142-150
24. Rasmanis G., Vesterqvist O., Green K., et al. Evidence of increased platelet activation after thrombolysis in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Br Heart J 68 (1992) 374-376
25. Stone G.W., Brodie B.R., Griffin J.J., et al. Clinical and angiographic follow-up after primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction: the Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PAMI) stent pilot trial. Circulation 99 (1999) 1548-1554
26. Stone G.W., Grines C.L., Browne K.F., et al. Predictors of in-hospital and 6-month outcome after acute myocardial infarction in the reperfusion era: the Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PAMI) trail. J Am Coll Cardiol 25 (1995) 370-377
27. A clinical trial comparing primary coronary angioplasty with tissue plasminogen activator for acute myocardial infarction. The Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes (GUSTO IIb) Angioplasty Substudy Investigators. N Engl J Med 336 (1997) 1621-1628
28. Grines C.L., Cox D., Stone G.W., et al. Coronary angioplasty with or without stent implantation for acute myocardial infarction. Stent Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Study Group. N Engl J Med 341 (1999) 1949-1956
29. van't Hof A.W., Liem A., Suryapranata H., et al. Angiographic assessment of myocardial reperfusion in patients treated with primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: myocardial blush grade. Zwolle Myocardial Infarction Study Group. Circulation 97 (1998) 2302-2306
30. Costantini C.O., Stone G.W., Mehran R., et al. Frequency, correlates, and clinical implications of myocardial perfusion after primary angioplasty and stenting, with and without glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition, in acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 44 (2004) 305-312
31. McLaughlin M.G., Stone G.W., Aymong E., et al. Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications trial. Prognostic utility of comparative methods for assessment of ST-segment resolution after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: the Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications (CADILLAC) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 44 (2004) 1215-1223
32. Sorajja P., Gersh B.J., Costantini C., et al. Combined prognostic utility of ST-segment recovery and myocardial blush after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 26 (2005) 667-674
33. Henriques J.P., Zijlstra F., Ottervanger J.P., et al. Incidence and clinical significance of distal embolization during primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 23 (2002) 1112-1117
34. Topol E.J., and Yadav J.S. Recognition of the importance of embolization in atherosclerotic vascular disease. Circulation 101 (2000) 570-580
35. Nakamura T., Kubo N., Seki Y., et al. Effects of a distal protection device during primary stenting in patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction. Circ J 68 (2004) 763-768
36. Kusuyama T., Kataoka T., Iida H., et al. Comparison of temporary occlusion and aspiration system versus the conventional method during coronary stenting for acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 94 (2004) 1041-1043
37. Gick M., Jander N., Bestehorn H.P., et al. Randomized evaluation of the effects of filter-based distal protection on myocardial perfusion and infarct size after primary percutaneous catheter intervention in myocardial infarction with and without ST-segment elevation. Circulation 112 (2005) 1462-1469
38. Stone G.W., Peterson M.A., Lansky A.J., et al. Impact of normalized myocardial perfusion after successful angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 39 (2002) 591-597
39. Hoffmann R., Haager P., Arning J., et al. Usefulness of myocardial blush grade early and late after primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction in predicting left ventricular function. Am J Cardiol 92 (2003) 1015-1019