FOCUS ISSUE: CARDIAC INTERVENTION: INTERVENTION IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Fibrinolysis
A Multiple Meta-Analyses Approach According to the Type of Strategy
Jean-Philippe Collet, MD, PhD*,
Gilles Montalescot, MD, PhD*,*,
Michel Le May, MD ,
Maria Borentain, MD* and
Anthony Gershlick, MD
* Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
University Hospital of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Manuscript received December 13, 2005;
revised manuscript received February 27, 2006,
accepted March 16, 2006.
* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Gilles Montalescot, Institut de Cardiologie, Bureau 2-236, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 Boulevard de lHôpital, 75013 Paris, France. (Email: Gilles.montalescot{at}psl.aphp.fr).
OBJECTIVES: We performed a meta-analysis of randomized trials that enrolled ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with fibrinolysis to assess the potential benefits of: 1) rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus no PCI; 2) systematic and early ( 24 h) PCI versus delayed or ischemia-guided PCI; 3) fibrinolysis-facilitated PCI versus primary PCI alone.
BACKGROUND: The impact of PCI strategies after fibrinolysis on mortality or reinfarction remains to be established.
METHODS: The meta-analysis was performed using the odds ratio (OR) as the parameter of efficacy with a random effect model. Fifteen randomized trials (5,253 patients) were selected. The primary end point was mortality or the combined end point of death or reinfarction.
RESULTS: Rescue PCI for failed fibrinolysis reduced mortality (6.9% vs. 10.7%) (OR, 0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.39 to 0.99; p = 0.055) and the rate of death or reinfarction (10.8% vs. 16.8%) (OR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.41 to 0.89; p = 0.012) compared with a conservative approach. Systematic and early PCI performed during the "stent era" led to a nonsignificant reduction in mortality compared with delayed or ischemia-guided PCI (3.8% vs. 6.7%) (OR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.29 to 1.05; p = 0.07) and to a 2-fold reduction in the rate of death or reinfarction (7.5% vs. 13.2%) (OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.33 to 0.83; p = 0.0067). This benefit contrasted with a nonsignificant increase in the rate of both mortality (5.5% vs. 3.9%, p = 0.33) or death or reinfarction (9.6% vs. 5.7%, p = 0.06) observed in the "balloon era." Fibrinolysis-facilitated PCI was associated with more reinfarction as compared with primary PCI alone (5.0% vs. 3.0%) (OR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.12 to 2.51; p = 0.013) without significant impact on mortality (OR, 1.30; 95% CI, 0.92 to 1.83; p = 0.13).
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support rescue PCI and systematic and early PCI after fibrinolysis. However, the current data do not support fibrinolysis-facilitated PCI in lieu of primary PCI alone.
|
Abbreviations and Acronyms
| | CI = confidence interval | | GP = glycoprotein | | OR = odds ratio | | PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention | | REACT = Rescue Angioplasty Versus Conservative Therapy or Repeat Thrombolysis Trial | | STEMI = ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction |
|
Related Article
-
After Fibrinolysis: Is Cardiac Catheterization the Answer?
- James E. Tcheng and Kurt G. Kinney
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2006 48: 1336-1338.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
This article has been cited by other articles:

|
 |

|
 |
 
Y. P. Clever, B. Cremers, A. Link, M. Bohm, and B. Scheller
Long-Term Follow-Up of Early Versus Delayed Invasive Approach After Fibrinolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Circ Cardiovasc Interv,
August 1, 2011;
4(4):
342 - 348.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
J. Zalewski, K. Bogaerts, W. Desmet, P. Sinnaeve, P. Berger, C. Grines, T. Danays, P. Armstrong, and F. Van de Werf
Intraluminal Thrombus in Facilitated Versus Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Angiographic Substudy of the ASSENT-4 PCI (Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Treatment Strategy With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) Trial
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.,
May 10, 2011;
57(19):
1867 - 1873.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
S. Desch, I. Eitel, K. Rahimi, S. de Waha, G. Schuler, and H. Thiele
Timing of invasive treatment after fibrinolysis in ST elevation myocardial infarction - a meta-analysis of immediate or early routine versus deferred or ischemia-guided randomised controlled trials
Heart,
November 1, 2010;
96(21):
1695 - 1702.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
R. E. O'Connor, L. Bossaert, H.-R. Arntz, S. C. Brooks, D. Diercks, G. Feitosa-Filho, J. P. Nolan, T. L. V. Hoek, D. L. Walters, A. Wong, et al.
Part 9: Acute Coronary Syndromes: 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations
Circulation,
October 19, 2010;
122(16_suppl_2):
S422 - S465.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
F. Borgia, S. G. Goodman, S. Halvorsen, W. J. Cantor, F. Piscione, M. R. Le May, F. Fernandez-Aviles, P. L. Sanchez, K. Dimopoulos, B. Scheller, et al.
Early routine percutaneous coronary intervention after fibrinolysis vs. standard therapy in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis
Eur. Heart J.,
September 1, 2010;
31(17):
2156 - 2169.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
F. G. Kushner, M. Hand, S. C. Smith Jr, S. B. King III, J. L. Anderson, E. M. Antman, S. R. Bailey, E. R. Bates, J. C. Blankenship, D. E. Casey Jr, et al.
2009 Focused Updates: ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Updating the 2004 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update) and ACC/AHA/SCAI Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Updating the 2005 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update): A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.,
December 1, 2009;
54(23):
2205 - 2241.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
F. G. Kushner, M. Hand, S. C. Smith Jr, S. B. King III, J. L. Anderson, E. M. Antman, S. R. Bailey, E. R. Bates, J. C. Blankenship, D. E. Casey Jr, et al.
2009 Focused Updates: ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Updating the 2004 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update) and ACC/AHA/SCAI Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Updating the 2005 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update): A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines
Circulation,
December 1, 2009;
120(22):
2271 - 2306.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
A. Kumar and C. P. Cannon
Acute Coronary Syndromes: Diagnosis and Management, Part II
Mayo Clin. Proc.,
November 1, 2009;
84(11):
1021 - 1036.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
A. M. Ross, K. Huber, U. Zeymer, P. W. Armstrong, C. B. Granger, P. Goldstein, K. Bogaerts, and F. Van de Werf
The Impact of Place of Enrollment and Delay to Reperfusion on 90-Day Post-Infarction Mortality in the ASSENT-4 PCI Trial: Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Treatment Strategy With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Intv.,
October 1, 2009;
2(10):
925 - 930.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
T. D. Henry and D. M. Larson
The Ideal Reperfusion Strategy for the ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patient With Expected Delay to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Paradise Lost or Paradise Renamed?
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Intv.,
October 1, 2009;
2(10):
931 - 933.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
A. Carver, S. Rafelt, A. H. Gershlick, K. L. Fairbrother, S. Hughes, R. Wilcox, and for the REACT Investigators
Longer-Term Follow-Up of Patients Recruited to the REACT (Rescue Angioplasty Versus Conservative Treatment or Repeat Thrombolysis) Trial
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.,
July 7, 2009;
54(2):
118 - 126.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
D. Dudek, T. Rakowski, A. Dziewierz, and P. Kleczynski
PCI after lytic therapy: when and how?
Eur. Heart J. Suppl.,
December 1, 2008;
10(suppl_J):
J15 - J20.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
G. W. Stone
Angioplasty Strategies in ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Part II: Intervention After Fibrinolytic Therapy, Integrated Treatment Recommendations, and Future Directions
Circulation,
July 29, 2008;
118(5):
552 - 566.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
H. D. White
Systems of Care: Need for Hub-and-Spoke Systems for Both Primary and Systematic Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Fibrinolysis
Circulation,
July 15, 2008;
118(3):
219 - 222.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
N. Danchin, P. Coste, J. Ferrieres, P.-G. Steg, Y. Cottin, D. Blanchard, L. Belle, B. Ritz, G. Kirkorian, M. Angioi, et al.
Comparison of Thrombolysis Followed by Broad Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction: Data From the French Registry on Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (FAST-MI)
Circulation,
July 15, 2008;
118(3):
268 - 276.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
S. G. Goodman, V. Menon, C. P. Cannon, G. Steg, E. M. Ohman, and R. A. Harrington
Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition)
Chest,
June 1, 2008;
133(6_suppl):
708S - 775S.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
M. A. McDonald, Y. Fu, U. Zeymer, G. Wagner, S. G. Goodman, A. Ross, C. B. Granger, F. Van de Werf, P. W. Armstrong, and for the ASSENT-4 PCI Investigators
Adverse outcomes in fibrinolytic-based facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the ASSENT-4 PCI electrocardiographic substudy
Eur. Heart J.,
April 1, 2008;
29(7):
871 - 879.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Asso, Developed in Collaboration With the Canadian Cardi, Endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physici, 2007 Writing Group to Review New Evidence and Upda, E. M. Antman, M. Hand, P. W. Armstrong, E. R. Bates, L. A. Green, L. K. Halasyamani, et al.
2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.,
January 15, 2008;
51(2):
210 - 247.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Asso, 2007 Writing Group to Review New Evidence and Upda, S. B. King III, S. C. Smith Jr, J. W. Hirshfeld Jr, A. K. Jacobs, D. A. Morrison, and D. O. Williams
2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.,
January 15, 2008;
51(2):
172 - 209.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
E. M. Antman, M. Hand, P. W. Armstrong, E. R. Bates, L. A. Green, L. K. Halasyamani, J. S. Hochman, H. M. Krumholz, G. A. Lamas, C. J. Mullany, et al.
2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: Developed in Collaboration With the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians: 2007 Writing Group to Review New Evidence and Update the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Writing on Behalf of the 2004 Writing Committee
Circulation,
January 15, 2008;
117(2):
296 - 329.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
S. B. King III, S. C. Smith Jr, J. W. Hirshfeld Jr, A. K. Jacobs, D. A. Morrison, D. O. Williams, 2005 WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, S. C. Smith Jr, T. E. Feldman, J. W. Hirshfeld Jr, et al.
2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: 2007 Writing Group to Review New Evidence and Update the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Writing on Behalf of the 2005 Writing Committee
Circulation,
January 15, 2008;
117(2):
261 - 295.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
J B Jones and A Docherty
Non-invasive treatment of ST elevation myocardial infarction
Postgrad. Med. J.,
December 1, 2007;
83(986):
725 - 730.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
S. R. Dixon, C. L. Grines, and W. W. O'Neill
The Year in Interventional Cardiology
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.,
July 17, 2007;
50(3):
270 - 285.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
T. J. Kiernan, H. H. Ting, and B. J. Gersh
Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention: current concepts, promises, and pitfalls
Eur. Heart J.,
July 1, 2007;
28(13):
1545 - 1553.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
C. S. Rihal, A. S. Jaffe, D. R. Holmes Jr, H. H. Ting, B. J. Gersh, and M. R. Bell
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention vs Thrombolysis for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
JAMA,
March 28, 2007;
297(12):
1313 - 1313.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
U. Stenestrand, J. Lindback, and L. Wallentin
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention vs Thrombolysis for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction--Reply
JAMA,
March 28, 2007;
297(12):
1314 - 1315.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
J. E. Tcheng and K. G. Kinney
After Fibrinolysis: Is Cardiac Catheterization the Answer?
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.,
October 3, 2006;
48(7):
1336 - 1338.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|
|