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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2004; 44:28-34, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2003.11.066
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CLINICAL RESEARCH: ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Reduced collateral circulation to the infarct-related artery in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction

Toshiya Kurotobi, MD, PhD*, Hiroshi Sato, MD, PhD, FACC{dagger},*, Kunihiro Kinjo, MD, PhD{dagger}, Daisaku Nakatani, MD{dagger}, Hiroya Mizuno, MD{dagger}, Masahiko Shimizu, MD{dagger}, Katsuji Imai, MD, PhD*, Atsushi Hirayama, MD, PhD, FACC{ddagger}, Kazuhisa Kodama, MD, PhD, FACC{ddagger}, Masatsugu Hori, MD, PhD, FACC{dagger} OACIS Group

* Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Minami National Hospital, Kawachinagano, Japan
{dagger} Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
{ddagger} Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Manuscript received June 30, 2003; revised manuscript received October 21, 2003, accepted November 24, 2003.

* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Hiroshi Sato, Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
satoz{at}medone.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that circulation via collateral vessels to an infarct-related artery (IRA) is impaired with aging in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

BACKGROUND: Animal experiments have shown that advanced age blunts the development of new vessels in response to angiogenic cytokines.

METHODS: Of 3,573 consecutive patients with AMI, 1,934 patients who fulfilled the following criteria were enrolled in this study: 1) coronary angiograms were obtained within 72 h after the onset of AMI; and 2) IRA showed complete occlusion (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction [TIMI] flow grade 0 or 1). Collaterals to the IRA were angiographically evaluated using the Rentrop score. Rentrop scores 1 to 3 were defined as demonstrating significant collaterals.

RESULTS: The prevalence of collaterals decreased with age, from 47.9%, 45.8%, 43.4%, to 34.0% in patients <50 years, 50 to 59 years, 60 to 69 years, ≥70 years, respectively (p < 0.001). Advanced age was an independent factor predicting the absence of collateral circulation to the IRA. In contrast, time to catheterization, history of angina pectoris, and preinfarction angina were independent predictors for the presence of collaterals. Multivariate analysis showed that the absence of collaterals was an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in elderly patients ≥70 years (odds ratio, 15.6; 95% confidence interval, 3.5 to 69.6), although this finding was not significant in patients <70 years.

CONCLUSIONS: Advanced age is associated with decreased angiographic presence of collaterals to the IRA in patients with AMI. This abnormality may contribute to the poor prognosis of elderly patients with AMI.

Abbreviations and Acronyms
  AMI = acute myocardial infarction
  CI = confidence interval
  IRA = infarct-related artery
  LCX = left circumflex coronary artery
  MI = myocardial infarction
  OACIS = Osaka Acute Coronary Insufficiency Study
  OR = odds ratio
  TIMI = Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction




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