Significant narrowing of the circumflex artery leads to worse outcomes than right coronary artery narrowing in patients with anterior myocardial infarction treated invasively
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BACKGROUND Occlusion of the circumflex artery (Cx) often does not present signs in the ECG. It can lead to delayed angiography during ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The aim of this analysis was to determine if Cx narrowing is related to diverse outcomes in comparison with right coronary artery (RCA) stenosis in patients with STEMI, treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the left descending artery (LAD). METHODS AND RESULTS Inclusion criteria were as follows: first STEMI treated with PCI of the LAD and additional significant (≥ 70 %) Cx or RCA narrowing-two-vessel disease. A total of 234 consecutive patients with STEMI were included. Total mortality was estimated during long-term follow-up, at mean 639 (± 224) days after STEMI. Patients with Cx narrowing constituted 46 % (N = 108) of the study population, and patients with RCA narrowing amounted to 54 % (N = 126). Patients with narrowing of the Cx had worse long-term outcomes in terms of mortality than patients with RCA narrowing (22 vs. 11 %, p < 0.05, respectively). Multiple regression analysis showed independent risk factors for death during long-term follow-up such as: age, ejection fraction and Cx narrowing. CONCLUSION Significant Cx narrowing leads to worse outcomes than RCA narrowing in patients with STEMI treated with PCI of the LAD.
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