Admission troponin T, advanced age and male gender identify patients with improved myocardial tissue perfusion after abciximab administration for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Stephanie Lehrke; Evangelos Giannitsis; Hugo A. Katus

doi:10.1160/TH03-11-0678

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2004; 92(06): 1214-1220
DOI: 10.1160/TH03-11-0678

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Admission troponin T, advanced age and male gender identify patients with improved myocardial tissue perfusion after abciximab administration for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Authors

Stephanie Lehrke

¹Medizinische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Innere III, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany
Evangelos Giannitsis

¹Medizinische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Innere III, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany
Hugo A. Katus

¹Medizinische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Innere III, Department of Cardiology, Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

Summary

The aim was to investigate the effect of abciximab on microvascular perfusion in different subgroups of patients undergoing direct PCI for acute STEMI. We enrolled 145 consecutive patients with TIMI grade 3 flow after direct PCI for acute STEMI. The GPIIb/IIIa inhibitor abciximab was administered in 57 patients (39.3%). Myocardial perfusion was the primary outcome measure and was assessed by analysis of cardiac troponin T wash-out. Treatment effects on myocardial perfusion and clinical outcome were tested for predefined subgroups including patients with an admission cTnT > 0.1µg/L, diabetes mellitus, male gender, age > 70 years, and time from symptom onset to reperfusion > 6 hours. A significant improvement of cTnT washout was seen in patients with an admission cTnT ≥ 0.1 µg/L, in males and in older patients. Improved tissue level reperfusion did not translate into a significant reduction of cardiac mortality or the incidence of the combined endpoint consisting of cardiac death, nonfatal reinfarction and need for target vessel revascularisation during 30 dayand long-term follow-up (mean 274 days). In conclusion, adjunctive administration of abciximab improves myocardial perfusion in patients with normal epicardial flow after direct PCI, particularly in patients with an cTnT > 0.1µg/L on admission, age over 70 years and male gender.

Keywords

Troponin T - microcirculation - GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors

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