Emergency Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Through the Left Radial Artery is Associated with Less Vascular Complications than Emergency Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Through the Femoral Artery

OBJECTIVE: To compare the advantages and disadvantages of emergency percutaneous coronary intervention through the left radial artery with those of emergency percutaneous coronary intervention through the femoral artery. METHODS: A total of 206 patients with acute myocardial infarction who required emergency percutaneous coronary intervention and were admitted to our hospital between January 2011 and August 2013 were divided into the following two groups: a group that underwent percutaneous coronary intervention through the left radial artery and a group that underwent percutaneous coronary intervention through the femoral artery. The times required for angiographic catheter and guiding catheter placement, the success rate of the procedure and the incidence of vascular complications in the two groups were observed. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in catheter placement time or the ultimate success rate of the procedure between the two groups. However, the left radial artery group showed a significantly lower incidence of vascular complications than the femoral artery group (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Emergency percutaneous coronary intervention through the left radial artery is associated with less vascular complications than emergency percutaneous coronary intervention through the femoral artery and is thus potentially advantageous for patients.

Influence of emergency PCI in different time windows to cardiac scar and cardiac function after myocardial infarction / 中国综合临床

Objective To observe the influence of emergency PCI in different time windows to cardiac scar and cardiac function after myocardial infarction. Methods One hundred and twenty-seven patients with acute myocardial infarction, who were treated in different time windows by emergency PCI, were enrolled into this study. The cases were divided into two groups according to the time when they took PCI after onset;group 3 hPCI included 66 patients had PCI at 3 h after onset and group 6 hPCI included 61 patients had PCI at 6 h. At 4th, 8th and 12th weeks, the fragmented QRS (fQRS) were observed by twelve synchronization cardiogram; ventricle wall movement strain rate were determined by cardiac speckle tracking imaging;left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)were measured by cardiac ultrasound to evaluate cardiac events and cardiac function after myocardial infarction. Results At 4th,8th and 12th weeks,the fQRS positive leads were significantly more in 6 hPCI group than 3 hPCI group ( P ＜ 0. 05 respectively ) . The ventricle wall movements strain rate and LVEF improved significantly in 3 hPCI group compared with 6 hPCI group (P ＜ 0. 05 ). Conclusions The earlier emergency PCI treatment was applied and the earlier the"criminal"blood vessels were opened ,the more ischemic myocardial cells were restored. Combination use of fQRS、 STI and LVEF examination could improve the diagnosis of cardiac scar formation and direct protective therapy.