Predictive Factors of No Reflow during Primary Angioplasty

Introduction: No reflow during primary angioplasty is associated with a poor prognosis despite the reopening of the culprit coronary. The aim of our work was to determine the predictive factors of no reflow. Methodology: Single-center retrospective analytical study from June 2000 to December 2016 that included patients presenting with STEMI took care of by primary angioplasty. No reflow was defined according to angiographic criteria: a TIMI flow Results: The prevalence of no reflow was 24%. In univariate analysis mean age, diabetes,hypertension, tachycardia, hypotension, killip stage 4 left ventricular failure, hyperglycemia > 11, renal failure, left ventricular dysfunction, tritruncal status, common trunk involvement, initial TIMI flow at 0, significant thrombotic load, delay to angioplasty > 6 hours, and predilation were all correlated with no reflow with a p 75 years [OR = 6.02, 95% CI 1.4 - 27, p = 0.014], tachycardia [OR = 4.3, 95% CI 1.6 - 7.4, p = 0.037], delay to angioplasty > 6 hours [OR = 1.3, 95% CI 1.1 - 2.1, p = 0.003] and high thrombotic load [OR = 1.5, 95% CI 1.3 - 3.2, p = 0.02] were independent predictors of no reflow. Conclusion: No reflow is associated with a poor short-term prognosis. Its care requires knowledge of predictive factors, prevention and treatment.

Related factors of coronary no-reflow phenomenon and progress of traditional Chinese medicine treatment

Coronary no-reflow phenomenon belongs to a type of coronary microcirculation disturbance,and its main pathogenic factors are vascular endothelial cell injury,microembolism and inflammatory reaction,which are corresponding to the pathogenesis of choroid injury,blood stasis and heat toxin in traditional Chinese medicine,such as NO,ET-1,chemokine,IL and other cytokines.The degree of improvement of patients'symptoms and laboratory examination data provide a basis for traditional Chinese medicine compound prescription,monomer and traditional Chinese medicine characteristic therapy for the treatment of no-reflow phenomena(NRP).Combined with related factors,the author summarizes the research progress of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of NRP in recent years,in order to provide clinical reference.

Effect of Chinese Medicine on No or Slow Reflow after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Myocardial Infarction Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Objective:To systematic review the effect of Chinese medicine(CM)on no or slow reflow after percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)in myocardial infarction(MI)patients.Methods:The Pub Med,EMBASE databases,Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials(CENTRAL),Web of Science,China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),Chinese BioMedical Literature Database(CBM),Wanfang Knowledge Service Platform(Wanfang Database)and Chinese Scientific Journal Database(VIP)were searched up to December 2017.Randomized controlled trials(RCTs)which evaluated the effect of CM therapies on no or slow reflow after PCI in MI patients were included.The primary outcome was the effect of reperfusion.Secondary outcomes were left ventricular ejection fraction,incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events and adverse effect.Results:Ten RCTs covering 814 patients were included.Two studies revealed that the incidence of no or slow reflow was less in Shenmai Injection(参麦注射液)group than in the control group measured by thrombolysis in myocardial infarction(TIMI)2(risk ratio=0.55,95%confidence interval 0.38 to 0.81,P=0.003,I^2=37%).Two studies indicated that Salvianolate Injection showed no additional benefit on no or slow reflow measured by corrected TIMI frame count compared with the conventional treatment(mean difference–4.24,95% confidence interval–13.03 to 4.54,P=0.34,I^2=86%).In addition,Tongxinluo Capsules(通心络胶囊),Danhong Injection(丹红注射液)and Xuesaitong Injection(血塞通注射液)may have the potential to reduce no or slow reflow measured during or after PCI in individual studies.Conclusions:Current evidence from RCTs are not sufficient to evaluate the effect of CM adjuvant therapies on no or slow reflow after PCI for MI patients.The included studies are limited by small sample size and unclear baseline conditions.Further rigorously designed researches and verification studies with sufficient number of patients are warranted.

Sodium nitroprusside injection immediately before balloon inflation during percutaneous coronary intervention

BACKGROUND No reflow or slow flow frequently occurs during percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)and it is associated with adverse outcomes.Strategies should be undertaken to prevent its occurrence.AIM To observe whether conventional target intracoronary administration of sodium nitroprusside immediately before balloon inflation can reduce the incidence of no reflow and slow flow,which are defined as thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade≤II during PCI.METHODS A retrospective study was conducted in 740 patients with coronary artery disease admitted to Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine between January 2016 and October 2020.Among them,360 patients receiving sodium nitroprusside immediately before balloon inflation during PCI were enrolled in an experimental group between January 2019 and October 2020 and 380 patients receiving sodium nitroprusside after incident no reflow and slow flow during PCI were enrolled in a control group between January 2016 and January 2019.The occurrence of no reflow and slow flow was compared between the two groups and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter(LVEDD)and left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF)were detected 1 mo after the operation.RESULTS After treatment,the proportion of patients with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grades 0 to II was lower in the experimental group than in the control group(P<0.05).At 1 mo after treatment,LVEDD was lower and LVEF was higher in the experimental group than in the control group(P<0.05).In terms of incidence of adverse cardiovascular events within 1 mo after treatment,in the experimental group,malignant arrhythmia occurred in three patients,intractable myocardial ischemia in three,congestive heart failure in four,and recurrent myocardial infarction in five;one patient died.In the control group,malignant arrhythmia occurred in eight patients,intractable myocardial ischemia in five,congestive heart failure in seven,and recurrent myocardial infarction in 14;two patients died.The incidence of adverse cardiovascular events was 4.4%in experimental group which was lower than that of the control group at 1 mo after operation(9.5%;P<0.05).CONCLUSION Administration of sodium nitroprusside into target vessels immediately before balloon inflation can significantly reduce the incidence of no reflow and slow flow,improve LVEDD and LVEF,and reduce the incidence of adverse cardiovascular events in patients treated by PCI.It is worthy of clinical promotion.

Intensive cholesterol lowering with statin improves the outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Background The incidence of no reflow phenomenon limits the clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention （PCI）. This randomized controlled study was designed to evaluate the immediate protective effects of intensive statin pretreatment on myocardial perfusion and myocardial ischemic injury during PCI.Methods Altogether 228 patients with acute coronary syndrome （ACS） were randomly assigned to standard statin group （SS group, n=115） and intensive statin group （IS group, n=-113）. Patients in the SS group received 20 mg simvastatin and patients in the IS group received 80 mg simvastatin for 7 days before PCI. Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction （TIMI） flow grade （TFG）, corrected TIMI frame count （CTFC） and TIMI myocardial perfusion grade （TMPG） of the intervened vessel were recorded before and after stent deployment. Creatine kinase （CK） isoenzyme MB, troponin I and plasma level of high sensitive-C reactive protein （hs-CRP）, P-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule （ICAM） were measured before and 24 hours after the procedure.Results The TFG after stent deployment was significantly improved with less TIMI 0-1 and more TIMI 3 blood flow in the IS group than in the SS group （all P〈0.05）. Patients with no reflow phenomenon were less in the IS group （P〈0.001）. The CTFC was lower in the IS group than in the SS group （P 〈0.001）. TMPG was also improved in the IS group than in the SS group （P=0.001）. Although PCI caused a significant increase in CK-MB 24 hours after the procedure, the elevated CK-MB value was lower in the IS group than in the SS group （18.74±8.41 vs 21.78±10.64, P=0.018）. Similar changes were also found in troponin I （0.99±1.07 in the IS group vs 1.47±1.54 in the SS group, P=0.006）. CK-MB elevation occurred in 27.8% （32/115） of the patients in the SS group vs 15.9% （18/113） in the IS group （P=-0.030）. Myocardial necrosis was detected in 4.4% （5/115） of the patients in the SS group, whereas 0.9% （1/113） in the IS group （P=0.341）. But no myocardial infarction was found. Similarly, the patients with increased level of troponin I were much more in the SS group （36.5%, 42/115） than in the IS group （19.5%, 22/113） （P=0.04）. Among them, myocardial necrosis was detected in 13.0% （15/115） of the patients in the SS group, while 4.4% （5/113） in the IS group （P=-0.021）. Myocardial infarction was found in 4.4% （5/115） of the patients in the SS group and 0.9% （1/113） in the IS group （P=0.213）.Conclusions Intensive statin pretreatment for 7 days before PCI can further improve myocardial blood perfusion, protect the myocardium from ischemic injury. These effects are associated with the lowered levels of hs-CRP, P-selectin and ICAM.