Abstract |
The purpose of the present study was to assess the impact of intraaortic balloon pumping (IABP) in patients with persistent ST elevation who underwent revascularization within 6 h of their first acute anterior myocardial infarction (AMI). Persistent ST elevation after revascularization was defined as being > or =50% of the initial value on return to the coronary care unit. Twenty-four patients were treated without IABP (control group) and 27 patients were treated with IABP (IABP group). There was no significant difference between the 2 groups in pretreatment left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), end-diastolic volume index or end-systolic volume index. After 137+/-46 days, the change in the LVEF was significantly higher in the IABP group than in the control group (5+/-13% vs 13+/-15%, p=0.04). However, the left ventricular end-diastolic volume index was similar between the 2 groups during follow-up (pretreatment: 77+/-19 ml/m(2) vs 74+/-13 ml/m(2), p=0.54; follow-up: 86+/-22 ml/m(2) vs 83+/-18 ml/m(2), p=0.60). These data suggest that IABP enhances the improvement in LVEF independent of remodeling in AMI patients with persistent ST elevation after revascularization.
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Authors | Satoshi Kurisu, Ichiro Inoue, Takuji Kawagoe, Masaharu Ishihara, Yuji Shimatani, Kenji Nishioka, Takashi Umemura, Suji Nakamura, Masashi Yoshida |
Journal | Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society
(Circ J)
Vol. 67
Issue 1
Pg. 35-9
(Jan 2003)
ISSN: 1346-9843 [Print] Japan |
PMID | 12520149
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Electrocardiography
- Female
- Humans
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Infarction
(physiopathology, surgery)
- Myocardial Revascularization
- Prospective Studies
- Stroke Volume
- Ventricular Function, Left
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