Published online before print June 26, 2006, doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.595660
(Circulation. 2006;114:40-47.)
© 2006 American Heart Association, Inc.
Interventional Cardiology |
Routine Thrombectomy in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction
A Randomized, Controlled Trial
From the Departments of Cardiology (A.K., M.B., C.T., M.M., L.T., L.R.K., S.D.K., H.R.A., J.F.L., T.T.N., H.E.B.) and Nuclear Medicine (S.S.N., J.K., M.R.), Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, and Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg (H.-H.T.H., K.R.), Denmark.
Correspondence to Anne Kaltoft, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. E-mail annekaltoft{at}stofanet.dk
Received October 15, 2005; revision received May 1, 2006; accepted May 4, 2006.
Background— Distal embolization during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction may result in reduced myocardial perfusion, infarct extension, and impaired prognosis.
Methods and Results— In a prospective randomized trial, we studied the effect of routine thrombectomy in 215 patients with ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction lasting <12 hours undergoing primary PCI. Patients were randomized to thrombectomy pretreatment or standard PCI. The primary end point was myocardial salvage measured by sestamibi SPECT, calculated as the difference between area at risk and final infarct size determined after 30 days (percent). Secondary end points included final infarct size, ST-segment resolution, and troponin T release. Baseline variables, including ST-segment elevation and area at risk, were similar. Salvage was not statistically different in the thrombectomy and control groups (median, 13% [interquartile range, 9% to 21%] and 18% [interquartile range, 7% to 25%]; P=0.12), but 24 patients in the thrombectomy group and 12 patients in the control group did not have an early SPECT scan, mainly because of poor general or cardiac condition (P=0.04). In the thrombectomy group, final infarct size was increased (median, 15%; [interquartile range, 4% to 25%] versus 8% [interquartile range, 2% to 18%]; P=0.004).
Conclusions— Thrombectomy performed as routine therapy in primary PCI for ST-elevation myocardial infarction does not increase myocardial salvage. The study suggests a possible deleterious effect of thrombectomy, resulting in an increased final infarct size, and does not support the use of thrombectomy in unselected primary PCI patients.
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