Zsolt Piróth1, Bianca M Boxma-de Klerk2, Elmir Omerovic3, Péter Andréka1, Géza Fontos1, Gábor Fülöp1, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab4, Franz-Josef Neumann5, Gert Richardt6, Mohammad Abdelghani6, Pieter C Smits7. 1. Hungarian Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary. 2. Department of Cardiology, Maasstad Ziekenhuis, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Department of Statistics and Education, Franciscus Academy, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 3. Department of Cardiology, Gothenburg University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. 4. Department of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. 5. Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany. 6. Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Segeberger Kliniken, Bad Segeberg, Germany. 7. Department of Cardiology, Maasstad Ziekenhuis, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: smitsp@maasstadziekenhuis.nl.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of fractional flow reserve (FFR) in non-infarct-related arteries (IRAs) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI). BACKGROUND:Patients with ST-segment elevation MI often present with multivessel disease. The treatment of non-IRAs is debated. The applicability of FFR has not been widely proved. METHODS: Outcomes were analyzed in all patients in the Compare-Acute (Comparison Between FFR Guided Revascularization Versus Conventional Strategy in Acute STEMI Patients With MVD) trial in whom, after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention, non-IRAs were interrogated using FFR and treated medically. The treating cardiologist was blinded to the FFR value. The primary endpoint was the composite of cardiovascular mortality, target vessel-related (non-IRA with FFR measurement at primary percutaneous coronary intervention) nonfatal MI, and target vessel revascularization: major adverse cardiac events (MACE) at 24 months. RESULTS: A total of 751 patients (963 vessels) were included. Target non-IRAs with MACE had lower FFR compared with those without (0.78 vs. 0.84, respectively; p < 0.001). The median FFR of non-IRAs with TVR was lower than that of those without (0.79 vs. 0.85, respectively; p < 0.001). The difference was significant in all vessels. The median FFR of target non-IRAs with MI was lower than that of those without (0.79 vs. 0.84, respectively; p = 0.016). The MACE rate was significantly (p < 0.001) higher in the lowest of FFR tertiles (<0.80) compared with the others (0.80 to 0.87 and ≥0.88). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with ST-segment elevation MI with multivessel disease, FFR measured in the medically treated non-IRA immediately after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention shows a nonlinear and inverse risk continuum of MACE. Importantly, worsening prognosis is demonstrated around the cutoff of 0.80.
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of fractional flow reserve (FFR) in non-infarct-related arteries (IRAs) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI). BACKGROUND:Patients with ST-segment elevation MI often present with multivessel disease. The treatment of non-IRAs is debated. The applicability of FFR has not been widely proved. METHODS: Outcomes were analyzed in all patients in the Compare-Acute (Comparison Between FFR Guided Revascularization Versus Conventional Strategy in Acute STEMI Patients With MVD) trial in whom, after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention, non-IRAs were interrogated using FFR and treated medically. The treating cardiologist was blinded to the FFR value. The primary endpoint was the composite of cardiovascular mortality, target vessel-related (non-IRA with FFR measurement at primary percutaneous coronary intervention) nonfatal MI, and target vessel revascularization: major adverse cardiac events (MACE) at 24 months. RESULTS: A total of 751 patients (963 vessels) were included. Target non-IRAs with MACE had lower FFR compared with those without (0.78 vs. 0.84, respectively; p < 0.001). The median FFR of non-IRAs with TVR was lower than that of those without (0.79 vs. 0.85, respectively; p < 0.001). The difference was significant in all vessels. The median FFR of target non-IRAs with MI was lower than that of those without (0.79 vs. 0.84, respectively; p = 0.016). The MACE rate was significantly (p < 0.001) higher in the lowest of FFR tertiles (<0.80) compared with the others (0.80 to 0.87 and ≥0.88). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with ST-segment elevation MI with multivessel disease, FFR measured in the medically treated non-IRA immediately after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention shows a nonlinear and inverse risk continuum of MACE. Importantly, worsening prognosis is demonstrated around the cutoff of 0.80.