LACK OF MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMMEDIATELY AFTER SUCCESSFUL THROMBOLYSIS - A PREDICTOR OF POOR RECOVERY OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

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作者
ITO, H [1 ]
TOMOOKA, T [1 ]
SAKAI, N [1 ]
YU, H [1 ]
HIGASHINO, Y [1 ]
FUJII, K [1 ]
MASUYAMA, T [1 ]
KITABATAKE, A [1 ]
MINAMINO, T [1 ]
机构
[1] OSAKA UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT INTERNAL MED,OSAKA,JAPAN
关键词
NO REFLOW PHENOMENON; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; CARDIAC FUNCTION;
D O I
10.1161/01.CIR.85.5.1699
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Background. We investigated myocardial perfusion dynamics after thrombolysis and its clinical implications. Methods and Results. We studied 39 patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction (AMI). Myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) was performed before and immediately after successful reflow with intracoronary injection of sonicated Ioxaglate. The average segmental score by two-dimensional echocardigraphy (graded 0, normal, to 3, akinetic/dyskinetic) and global ejection fraction (left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEF%) by left ventriculography were measured at 1 day and at 4 weeks after reflow. Hypokinesis in the infarct region was assessed by the centerline method and expressed in terms of standard deviations (regional wall motion [RWM]: SD/chord) of normal. Immediately after reflow, 30 of 39 patients (group A) showed significant contrast enhancement within the risk area. The other nine patients (23%, group B), however, showed the residual contrast defect in the risk area (myocardial no reflow). There were no significant differences in the elapsed time, angiographic collateral grade, and degree of residual stenosis between group A and group B. Before reflow, both groups exhibited similar levels of global and regional left ventricular function. Improvement in global (LVEF, average segmental score) and regional left ventricular function was greater in group A than in group B (average segmental score, 0.44 +/- 0.41 versus 0.97 +/- 0.36, p < 0.01; LVEF, 56.4 +/- 13.4 versus 42.7 +/- 8.9, p < 0.05; RWM, -1.87 +/- 0.85 versus -3.18 +/- 0.52, p < 0.005). Conclusion. MCE demonstrates that angiographically successful reflow cannot be used as an indicator of successful myocardial reperfusion in AMI patients. The residual contrast defect in the risk area demonstrated immediately after reflow is a predictor of poor functional recovery of the postichemic myocardium.
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页码:1699 / 1705
页数:7
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