Relationship of Thrombus Characteristics to the Incidence of Angiographically Visible Distal Embolization in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Thrombus Aspiration

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• 作者：Kei Yunoki ; MD ; PhD^? ; Takahiko Naruko ; MD ; PhD^? ; Takeshi Inoue ; MD ; PhD^&dagger ; ; Kenichi Sugioka ; MD ; PhD^&Dagger ; ; Mayumi Inaba ; MD ; PhD^§ ; ; Yoko Iwasa ; MD ; PhD^§ ; ; Ryushi Komatsu ; MD ; PhD^? ; Akira Itoh ; MD ; PhD^? ; Kazuo Haze ; MD ; PhD^? ; Minoru Yoshiyama ; MD ; PhD^&Dagger ; ; Anton E. Becker ; MD ; PhD^¡Î ; Makiko Ueda ; MD ; PhD^§ ; ; ^{maki@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp}
• 关键词：distal embolization ; erythrocyte ; intracoronary thrombus ; myocardial infarction
• 刊名：JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：April, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：6
• 期：4
• 页码：377-385
• 全文大小：1745 K

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Objectives

This study sought to investigate the association between pathological characteristics of aspirated intracoronary thrombi and the incidence of angiographically visible distal embolization (AVDE) during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (p-PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with thrombus aspiration.

Background

AVDE of atherosclerotic and thrombotic material has been shown to impair myocardial perfusion and contribute to poor clinical outcome in patients with STEMI. Recent studies have shown that thrombus composition and size are associated with the incidence of AVDE.

Methods

Aspirated thrombi from 164 STEMI patients within 12 h of symptom onset were investigated immunohistochemically using antibodies against platelets, erythrocytes, and inflammatory cells.

Results

The angiographic results showed that AVDE during p-PCI occurred in 22 (13.4 % ) patients. Pathological analysis revealed that thrombi from patients with AVDE had a greater erythrocyte-positive area (60 ¡À 15 % vs. 43 ¡À 21 % , p < 0.0005) and more myeloperoxidase-positive cells (943 ¡À 324 cells/mm² vs. 592 ¡À 419 cells/mm², p < 0.0005) than those from patients without AVDE. Thrombus size, quantified as the thrombus surface area, was positively correlated with the erythrocyte component (r = 0.362, p < 0.0001). Moreover, multivariate logistic analysis demonstrated that erythrocyte-positive area in the thrombi, glucose levels on admission, larger vessel diameter (¡Ý3.5 mm), and pre-balloon dilation were independent predictors of the incidence of AVDE.

Conclusions

This study demonstrated that the erythrocyte-rich component of aspirated thrombi may be associated with the incidence of AVDE during p-PCI in patients with STEMI.