CLINICAL RESEARCH: INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Thrombus Aspiration During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Improves Myocardial Reperfusion and Reduces Infarct SizeThe EXPIRA (Thrombectomy With Export Catheter in Infarct-Related Artery During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) Prospective, Randomized Trial
Gennaro Sardella, MD, FACC, FESC*,*,
Massimo Mancone, MD*,
Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, MD*, ,
Luciano Agati, MD*,
Raffaele Scardala, MD*,
Iacopo Carbone, MD ,
Marco Francone, MD ,
Angelo Di Roma, MD*,
Giulia Benedetti, MD*,
Giulia Conti, MD* and
Francesco Fedele, MD*
* Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Morphologic Sciences, Policlinico "Umberto I," "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
Department of Radiology Sciences, Policlinico "Umberto I," "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom
Manuscript received May 15, 2008;
revised manuscript received September 12, 2008,
accepted October 7, 2008.
* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Gennaro Sardella, Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Morphologic Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, Rome 00161, Italy (Email: rino.sardella{at}uniroma1.it).
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact on myocardial perfusion and infarct size as assessed by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE-MRI) of a manual thrombectomy device, Export Medtronic (EM) (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota), as adjunctive therapy in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in a subset of patients with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Background: PPCI may cause thrombus dislodgment, leading to microvascular damage.
Methods: One hundred seventy-five STEMI patients were randomly assigned to standard percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (n = 87) or EM-PCI (n = 88). The primary end points were the occurrence of myocardial blush grade 2 and the rate of 90-min ST-segment resolution >70%. The CE-MRI substudy was performed in 75 patients with anterior STEMI to assess microvascular obstruction and infarct size.
Results: Myocardial blush grade 2 and ST-segment resolution occurred more frequently in the EM-PCI group (88% vs. 60%, p = 0.001; and 64% vs. 39%, p = 0.001). In the acute phase, microvascular obstruction extent was significantly lower in the EM-PCI group and at 3 months, infarct size was significantly reduced only in the EM-PCI group. A lower incidence of cardiac death in the EM-PCI group (4.6% vs. 0%, log-rank test p = 0.02) was observed at 9 months.
Conclusions: Thrombectomy prevents thrombus embolization and preserves microvascular integrity reducing infarct size, and it therefore represents an useful adjunctive therapy in PPCI.
Key Words: myocardial infarction magnetic resonance imaging microcirculation infarct size
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
| | CE-MRI = contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging | | EM-PCI = Export Medtronic-percutaneous coronary intervention | | IS = infarct size | | LV = left ventricular | | MACE = major adverse cardiac events | | MBG = myocardial blush grade | | MVO = microvascular obstruction | | PPCI = primary percutaneous coronary intervention | | S-PCI = standard percutaneous coronary intervention | | STEMI = ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction | | STr = ST-segment resolution | | TIMI = Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction |
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