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CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
Volume 71, Issue 3, Pages 283-289Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21334
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adenosine; myocardial infarction; primary percutaneous coronary intervention; ST-segment resolution; reperfusion
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Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the influence of high dose intracoronary adenosine on persistent ST-segment elevation after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Background: After successful PCI for acute myocardial infarction 40-50% of patients show persistent ST-segment elevation indicating suboptimal myocardial reperfusion. Adenosine has been studied to ameliorate reperfusion and is frequently used in a variety of doses, but there are no prospective studies to support its use for treatment of suboptimal reperfusion. Methods: We conducted a blinded, randomized, and placebo-controlled study with high dose intracoronary adenosine in 51 patients with < 70% ST-segment resolution (STRes) after successful primary PCI. All patients were treated with stents and abciximab. Results: Immediately after adenosine, significantly more patients showed optimal (> 70%) STRes compared with placebo (33% versus 9%, P < 0.05). Mean STRes was higher after adenosine (35.4% versus 23.0%, P < 0.05). In addition, TIMI frame count was significant lower (15.7 versus 30.2, P < 0.005), Myocardial Blush Grade was higher (2.7 versus 2.0, P < 0.05) and resistance index was lower in the adenosine group (0.70 versus 1.31 mm Hg per ml/min, P < 0.005). Conclusions: Intracoronary adenosine accelerates recovery of microvascular perfusion in case of persistent ST segment elevation after primary PCI. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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