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Assessment of myocardial reperfusion quality in patients with acute coronary syndrome and ST segment elevation, based on the criteria by the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association

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Posnenkova O.M., Kiselev A.R., Gridnev V.I., Popova Yu.V., Dovgalevskyi P.Ya., Oshchepkova E.V.
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Aim. To use the criteria by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA), in order to assess the quality of myocardial reperfusion in Russian patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and ST segment elevation (STE-ACS). Material and methods. We analysed the clinical data of 25682 patients with STE-ACS, who were treated (2010–2011) in Russian hospitals participating in the Russian ACS Registry. The following ACC/AHA indicators (2008) were used: “time to thrombolysis” — the percentage of STE-ACS patients who received thrombolysis within 30 minutes after admission; “time to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)” — the percentage of STE-ACS patients in whom primary PCI started within 90 minutes after admission; and “reperfusion” — the percentage of STEACS patients who underwent any reperfusion intervention within 12 hours after the chest pain onset. Results. Among 25682 STE-ACS patients, any reperfusion intervention (PCI and/or thrombolysis, in any order) were performed in 12043 (46,9%). Among 7437 STE-ACS patients who underwent thrombolysis, 5119 (69%) met the inclusion criteria. In this group, the indicator “time to thrombolysis” was met in 3342 patients (65,3%). Among 5405 STEACS patients who underwent PCI, 3993 (73,9%) met the inclusion criteria. In these patients, the indicator “time to primary PCI” was met in 2797 (70%). Finally, among 25135 (97,9%) patients with STE-ACS who were included in the analyses, the indicator “reperfusion” was met in 9800 (38,9%). Conclusion. The main problem of the health care for Russian patients with STE-ACS is the limited reperfusion coverage. However, the reperfusion quality could be regarded as satisfactory.
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Posnenkova OM, Kiselev AR, Gridnev VI, Popova YuV, Dovgalevskyi PYa, Oshchepkova EV. Assessment of myocardial reperfusion quality in patients with acute coronary syndrome and ST segment elevation, based on the criteria by the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association. Cardiovascular Therapy and Prevention 2013; 12(5): 40-44.

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