TY - JOUR
T1 - Prognostic interaction between viability and residual myocardial ischemia by dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with acute myocardial infarction and mildly impaired left ventricular function
AU - Bigi, Riccardo
AU - Desideri, Alessandro
AU - Bax, Jeroen J.
AU - Galati, Alfonso
AU - Coletta, Claudio
AU - Fiorentini, Cesare
AU - Fioretti, Paolo M.
PY - 2001/2/1
Y1 - 2001/2/1
N2 - Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) accurately detects viable myocardium and residual ischemia in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The prognostic interaction of viability and ischemia has not been completely clarified in these patients. This study assesses the long-term effect of viability, ischemia, or their combination on survival in patients with AMI and mildly impaired left ventricular (LV) function. Four hundred eleven patients (age 57 ± 9 years) underwent predischarge DSE (up to 40 μg/kg/min plus atropine if needed) after uncomplicated AMI and were prospectively followed for 23 months (range 1 to 78). According to DSE findings, patients were divided into 4 groups: viability only, ischemia only, combination of viability and ischemia, and scar. Adverse outcome occurred in 64 patients: 34 patients had hard events (9 cardiac deaths, 25 nonfatal AMI) and 30 patients had unstable angina requiring hospitalization. The combination of viability and ischemia, diabetes mellitus, and non-Q-wave AMI were significant predictors of all events at univariate and multivariate analysis. The same variables were also univariate predictors of hard events, but multivariate analysis indicated only the combination of viability and ischemia and diabetes as independent predictors. The event-free survival of patients with combined viability and ischemia was significantly lower (hazard ratio 3 [95% confidence interval 1.8 to 11]) compared with patients with ischemia only. Thus, viability and ischemia show a significant adverse prognostic interaction in patients with AMI and preserved LV function.
AB - Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) accurately detects viable myocardium and residual ischemia in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The prognostic interaction of viability and ischemia has not been completely clarified in these patients. This study assesses the long-term effect of viability, ischemia, or their combination on survival in patients with AMI and mildly impaired left ventricular (LV) function. Four hundred eleven patients (age 57 ± 9 years) underwent predischarge DSE (up to 40 μg/kg/min plus atropine if needed) after uncomplicated AMI and were prospectively followed for 23 months (range 1 to 78). According to DSE findings, patients were divided into 4 groups: viability only, ischemia only, combination of viability and ischemia, and scar. Adverse outcome occurred in 64 patients: 34 patients had hard events (9 cardiac deaths, 25 nonfatal AMI) and 30 patients had unstable angina requiring hospitalization. The combination of viability and ischemia, diabetes mellitus, and non-Q-wave AMI were significant predictors of all events at univariate and multivariate analysis. The same variables were also univariate predictors of hard events, but multivariate analysis indicated only the combination of viability and ischemia and diabetes as independent predictors. The event-free survival of patients with combined viability and ischemia was significantly lower (hazard ratio 3 [95% confidence interval 1.8 to 11]) compared with patients with ischemia only. Thus, viability and ischemia show a significant adverse prognostic interaction in patients with AMI and preserved LV function.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01359-X
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01359-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 11165961
AN - SCOPUS:0035252662
VL - 87
SP - 283
EP - 288
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0002-9149
IS - 3
ER -