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Long-term outcome after primary angioplasty: report from the Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PAMI-I) trial

Christopher M. Nunn, MBChB, FRACP^*, William W. O’Neill, MD, FACC, Donald Rothbaum, MD, FACC, Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, James O’Keefe, MD, FACC^||, Paul Overlie, MD, FACC^¶, Bryan Donohue, MD, FACC^#, Lorelei Grines, PhD^{* || ¶ # **}, Kevin F. Browne, MD, FACC^**, Ronald E. Vlietstra, MD, FACC^**, Tom Catlin, Cindy L. Grines, MD, FACC For The Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction I Study Group^*

^* Division of Cardiology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Division of Cardiology, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Division of Cardiology, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California, USA
^|| Division of Cardiology, Mid American Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
^¶ Division of Cardiology, St. Mary of the Plains, Lubbock, Texas, USA
^# Division of Cardiology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
^** Division of Cardiology, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida, USA

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Actuarial infarct-free survival curves for acute infarct patients either undergoing primary angioplasty (PTCA) (solid line/solid squares) or receiving tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) (dotted line/empty squares).

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Actuarial recurrent ischemia-free survival curves for acute infarct patients either undergoing primary angioplasty (PTCA) (solid line/solid squares) or receiving tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) (dotted line/empty squares). Recurrent ischemia is defined as reinfarction or rest angina with electrocardiographic changes.

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Actuarial event-free survival curves for acute infarct patients either undergoing primary angioplasty (PTCA) (solid line/solid squares) or receiving tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) (dotted line/empty squares).