16 results on '"Piscione, Federico"'
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2. Usefulness of late coronary thrombolysis (recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator) in preserving left ventricular function in acute myocardial infarction
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Villari, Bruno, Piscione, Federico, Bonaduce, Domenico, Golino, Paolo, Lanzillo, Tonino, Condorelli, Mario, and Chiarello, Massimo
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Tissue plasminogen activator -- Evaluation ,Tissue plasminogen activator -- Physiological aspects ,Heart attack -- Drug therapy ,Tissue plasminogen activator -- Dosage and administration ,Thrombolytic drugs -- Physiological aspects ,Health - Abstract
This study assesses whether administration of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) up to 8 hours after onset of symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may result in a significant improvement in left ventricular function. Sixty patients were classified into 3 groups: group A (n = 21) received rt-PA within 4 hours from symptom onset; the remaining 39 patients, admitted between 4 and 8 hours, were randomized into 2 groups--group B (n = 19) received rt-PA, and group C (n = 21) was treated with conventional therapy. Coronary and left ventricular angiograms were recorded 8 to 10 days after rt-PA administration. The patency rate of the infarct-related artery was 76% in group A, and 63 and 35% in group B and C, respectively. The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction trial perfusion grade was higher in group A and B than in group C (A vs C: p [is less than]0.005; B vs C: p [is less than]0.01). Left ventricular ejection fraction was significantly higher in group A (60.2 [+ or -] 10%) and B (54.7 [+ or -] 12%) compared with group C (44.2 [+ or -] 12%) (A vs C: p [is less than]0.01; B vs C: p [is less than]0.05). Regional wall motion of the entire ischemic zone was better in group A and B than in group C (A vs C: p [is less than]0.001; B vs C: p [is less than]0.01). In contrast, the kinesis of the central ischemic zone was significantly better in group A than in both group B and C (A vs B: p [is less than]0.05; A vs C: p [is less than]0.001). The number of hypokinetic, akinetic and dyskinetic segments were lower in group A and B than in group C (A vs B: p [is less than]0.01, B vs C:p [is less than]0.05 and A vs C: p [is less than]0.01 and B vs C: p [is less than]0.01, respectively). Thus, these data confirm the efficacy of early thrombolysis and suggest that late reperfusion may act beneficially in preserving left ventricular volumes and function. (Am J Cardiol 1990;66:1281-1286), In acute myocardial infarction (AMI, or heart attack), the blood supply to the heart is impaired by the blockage of one or more coronary arteries; this results in damage to the heart muscle and may cause death. The treatment of choice for AMI is prompt administration of thrombolytic agents, which break up the clot blocking the coronary artery, restoring blood flow to the heart. There is controversy over how long after the beginning of an AMI thrombolytic treatment can be administered before heart damage becomes irreversible. To determine the effects of late thrombolysis on the outcome of AMI, 60 patients admitted to a coronary care unit with the diagnosis of AMI were assessed. Recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA; a substance that causes dissolution of fibrin clots) was administered directly into the blocked coronary artery of patients who were diagnosed with AMI early (less than four hours after the onset of symptoms - early treatment group). A second group, in whom the diagnosis of AMI was made between four and eight hours after symptom onset, received rt-PA later in the course of the heart attack (late treatment group). A third group, also with delayed diagnosis of AMI, received only conventional therapy (vasodilators and anticoagulant drugs). On most indices of heart function, the early and late treatment groups tested significantly better than the group who received conventional therapy; patency of the infarct-related artery, contractility of the left ventricle, and motility of the ischemic (blood deprived) area were all comparably improved after either early or late thrombolysis, compared with conventional therapy. One index of cardiac function, the number of segments of the heart with impaired motility, showed less dramatic improvement in the late treatment group than in the early treatment group, but the heart function of both rt-PA groups was significantly better than the conventional therapy group. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)
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- 1990
3. Effects of intravenous verapamil on left ventricular relaxation and filling in stable angina pectoris
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Betocchi, Sandro, Piscione, Federico, Perrone-Filardi, Pasquale, Pace, Leonardo, Cappelli-Bigazzi, Maurizio, Alfano, Bruno, Ciarmiello, Andrea, Salvatore, Marco, Condorelli, Mario, and Chiariello, Massimo
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Calcium channel blockers -- Physiological aspects ,Heart failure -- Causes of ,Angina pectoris -- Drug therapy ,Heart ventricle, Left -- Physiological aspects ,Verapamil -- Physiological aspects ,Health - Abstract
Left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is often impaired in coronary artery disease (CAD). To assess whether verapamil could improve LV diastolic properties, 12 patients with CAD undergoing right-and left-sided cardiac catheterization, as well as simultaneous radionuclide angiography, were studied before and during intravenous administration of verapamil (0.1 mg/kg as a bolus followed by 0.007 mg/kg/min). The heart rate was kept constant by atrial pacing in both studies. LV pressure-volume relations were obtained. Verapamil decreased LV systolic pressure (130 [+ or -] 22 to 117 [+ or -] 16 mm Hg, p (Am J Cardiol 1990;66:818-825), Left ventricular (LV) diastolic function refers to the relaxation phase of the heartbeat, specifically when the left atrium contracts and oxygenated blood flows into the relaxed LV chamber. Angina pectoris (chest pain caused by decreased blood flow to the heart) can impair this function by slowing ventricular relaxation and reducing early filling of the LV. This diastolic dysfunction may induce symptoms of congestive heart failure even when ventricular systolic function (the ability to pump oxygenated blood into the systemic circulation) is normal. The authors investigated whether treatment with verapamil, a calcium channel blocker usually used to treat angina, would reverse diastolic dysfunction. Verapamil is known to improve LV relaxation and filling for some conditions, and noninvasive studies had reported similar effects in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). It was important to determine whether verapamil-related improvements in LV relaxation and filling were the result of improved diastolic function or increased filling pressure. Twelve patients with CAD, who were undergoing diagnostic heart catheterization and angiography (X-ray), were studied before and during intravenous administration of verapamil. When measurements were being taken, the heart rate was kept constant by a cardiac pacemaker. Comparison with a control group was not possible because healthy people could not be subjected to such invasive procedures. The results of the study indicate that administration of verapamil is useful in treating coronary artery disease. Its effects on the myocardium, or heart muscle, improved LV relaxation and, thereby, increased the peak filling rate. Verapamil also led to a higher preload, resulting in enhanced filling, and reduced afterload, resulting in improved relaxation. Therefore, verapamil affects LV function and early filling as a result of both direct action on the heart muscle and changes in load. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)
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- 1990
4. Effects of diltiazem on left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in hypertrophic...
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Betochhi, Sandro and Piscione, Federico
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HYPERTROPHIC cardiomyopathy , *HEMODYNAMICS - Abstract
Aims at assessing the effects of diltiazem on hemodynamics and on left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in an invasive study by cardiac catheterization and simultaneous radionuclide angiography. Marked increase in obstruction in pulmonary artery wedge pressure; Left ventricular pressure-volume analysis.
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- 1996
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5. AS-235: A New Approach to Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization in Patients Requiring Undeferrable Non Cardiac Surgery
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Piscione, Federico, Galasso, Gennaro, Cassese, Salvatore, Esposito, Giovanni, Cirillo, Plinio, Rapacciuolo, Antonio, DeRosa, Roberta, Piccolo, Raffaele, and Chiariello, Massimo
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- 2009
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6. AS-39: Multicenter Experience with Janus Flex Carbostent in Patients Treated with Short Dual-Antiplatelet Treatment, 2 or 6 Months: The MATRIX Study
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Piscione, Federico, Marraccini, Paolo, DeLuca, Giuseppe, Bellone, Pietro, Berti, Sergio, Villari, Bruno, Montinaro, Antonio, Alfieri, Alfonso, Quaranta, Gaetano, Carosio, Giuseppe, DiPede, Francesco, and Tiecco, Fabio
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- 2009
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7. Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials Comparing the Effectiveness of Different Strategies for the Treatment of Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis.
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Piccolo, Raffaele, Galasso, Gennaro, Piscione, Federico, Esposito, Giovanni, Trimarco, Bruno, Dangas, George D., and Mehran, Roxana
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RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *DRUG-eluting stents , *META-analysis , *CORONARY restenosis , *CORONARY angiography , *PACLITAXEL , *RAPAMYCIN , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
The investigators performed a network meta-analysis of randomized trials comparing the effectiveness of currently available strategies for the treatment of drug-eluting stent (DES) restenosis. Despite the widespread use of DES in patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention, the optimal treatment for DES restenosis remains poorly defined. A systematic search of electronic resources was performed. The primary end point was diameter stenosis at follow-up angiography. Seven trials were included, enrolling a total of 1,586 patients with 1,728 restenotic lesions. The following treatment options were found: balloon angioplasty (BA) in 343 patients (19.3%), iopromide-based paclitaxel-eluting balloons (PEB) in 343 (21.6%), sirolimus-eluting stents in 441 (27.8%), paclitaxel-eluting stents in 462 (29.1%), and everolimus-eluting stents in 34 (2.2%). Compared with BA, PEB (-17.74%, 95% credible interval [CI] -25.17% to -11.31%), everolimus-eluting stents (-14.93%, 95% CI -33.47% to 1.16%), paclitaxel-eluting stents (-15.3%, 95% CI -22.96% to -8.35%), and sirolimus-eluting stents (-11.08%, 95% CI -17.89% to - 3.4%) had similar reductions in diameter stenosis at follow-up angiography. PEB (85%) and everolimus-eluting stents (68%) had the greatest probabilities for being the best treatment option. Furthermore, PEB were the best treatment in terms of late luminal loss (85%) and binary restenosis (85%). BA had the lowest efficacy with respect to all study end points. In conclusion, in patients with DES restenosis, repeat DES implantation and iopromide-based PEB are valid alternatives. However, PEB had greater angiographic efficacy and therefore should be considered the new benchmark comparator in the treatment of DES restenosis. The use of BA should be discouraged in patients with DES restenosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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8. Effect of an Invasive Strategy on Outcome in Patients ≥75 Years of Age With Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome.
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Galasso, Gennaro, De Servi, Stefano, Savonitto, Stefano, Strisciuglio, Teresa, Piccolo, Raffaele, Morici, Nuccia, Murena, Ernesto, Cavallini, Claudio, Petronio, Anna Sonia, and Piscione, Federico
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RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *ACUTE coronary syndrome , *TREATMENT of acute coronary syndrome , *HOSPITAL care , *CORONARY angiography , *MYOCARDIAL infarction , *CORONARY heart disease prevention , *PATIENTS - Abstract
The Italian Elderly ACS study was the first randomized controlled trial comparing an early aggressive with an initially conservative strategy in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes aged = 75 years, with the results showing no significant benefit of early aggressive therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of trial patients, according to the treatment actually received during hospitalization. The trial enrolled 313 patients. The primary end point was the composite of death, myocardial infarction (MI), disabling stroke, and repeat hospital stay for cardiovascular causes or bleeding within 1 year. All patients in whom coronary angiography was performed during initial hospitalization were defined as having undergone invasive treatment (182 patients), whereas all patients who did not undergo coronary angiography were classified as medically managed (conservative treatment [CT] group, 131 patients). The primary end point occurred in 53 patients (40.5%) in the CT group and 45 patients (24.7%) in the invasive treatment group (hazard ratio 0.56, 95% confidence interval 0.37 to 0.83, p = 0.003). The invasive treatment group showed significantly lower rates of MI (6% vs 13% in the CT group; hazard ratio 0.43, 95% confidence interval 0.20 to 0.92, p = 0.034) and the aggregate of death and MI (14.3% vs 27.5% CT group; hazard ratio 0.48, 95% confidence interval 0.29 to 0.81, p = 0.004). In conclusion, elderly patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes treated invasively experienced significantly better survival free from the composite of all-cause mortality, nonfatal MI, disabling stroke, and repeat hospitalization for cardiovascular causes or bleeding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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9. Effects of Baseline Coronary Occlusion and Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
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Piccolo, Raffaele, Galasso, Gennaro, Iversen, Allan Zeeberg, Eitel, Ingo, Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez, Gu, Youlan L., de Smet, Bart J.G.L., Mahmoud, Karim D., Pedro Abreu-Gonzalez, Trimarco, Bruno, Thiele, Holger, and Piscione, Federico
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MYOCARDIAL infarction , *ARTERIAL occlusions , *PEOPLE with diabetes , *ANGIOPLASTY , *ABCIXIMAB (Drug) , *PATIENTS , *DISEASES ,MYOCARDIAL infarction-related mortality - Abstract
Several studies have highlighted the prognostic role of preprocedural Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow in the infarct-related artery (IRA) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, the impact of preprocedural IRA occlusion in patients with diabetes with STEMI has been insufficiently studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of baseline IRA occlusion and diabetic status in patients with STEMI who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention by using data from a pooled analysis of randomized trials comparing intracoronary with intravenous abciximab bolus administration. A total of 3,046 patients with STEMI who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention were included. Diabetes was present in 578 patients (19%). The primary outcome was mortality after a median follow-up period of 375 days. Secondary end points were reinfarction and stent thrombosis. In patients without diabetes, IRA occlusion versus no occlusion was not associated with increased rates of mortality (4.3% vs 2.7%, p = 0.051) and reinfarction (3.3% vs 2.5%, p = 0.33). Patients with diabetes with IRA occlusion compared with those without occlusion showed higher rates of mortality (10.6% vs 4.6%, p = 0.01) and reinfarction (5.6% vs 2.1%, p = 0.03). Baseline IRA occlusion increased the rate of stent thrombosis in the nondiabetic (2.1% vs 1.0%, p = 0.04) and diabetic (3.2% vs 0.8%, p = 0.05) cohorts. Interaction analysis demonstrated that the risk for death and reinfarction was significantly increased when diabetes and IRA occlusion occurred concomitantly. In conclusion, patients with STEMI with diabetes and baseline IRA occlusion had disproportionately higher rates of death and reinfarction. Preprocedural IRA occlusion increased the risk for stent thrombosis, irrespective of diabetic status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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10. Reperfusion Correlates and Clinical Outcomes of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With Inferior ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
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Piccolo, Raffaele, Niglio, Tullio, Spinelli, Letizia, Capuano, Ernesto, Strisciuglio, Teresa, D'Anna, Carolina, De Luca, Stefania, Leosco, Dario, Rapacciuolo, Antonio, Cirillo, Plinio, Stabile, Eugenio, Esposito, Giovanni, Trimarco, Bruno, Piscione, Federico, and Galasso, Gennaro
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RIGHT heart ventricle , *MYOCARDIAL infarction , *CORONARY angiography , *MYOCARDIAL reperfusion , *HEALTH outcome assessment , *THROMBOLYTIC therapy , *PATIENTS - Abstract
We evaluated the relation between reperfusion indexes and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in patients with inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We included patients with inferior STEMI undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention and right coronary artery as infarct-related artery. Myocardial reperfusion was evaluated by Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow, TIMI frame count, myocardial blush grade, and STsegment resolution. RV dysfunction was defined as tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion ≤16 mm in M-mode imaging. RV dysfunction was present in 58 of 141 patients (41.1%) and was more frequent in patients achieving suboptimal postprocedural TIMI flow grade (66.7% vs 36.7%, grades 0 to 2 vs 3, p = 0.01), TIMI frame count (63.2% vs 37.7%, 40 vs <40 frames, p = 0.04), and myocardial blush grade (33.3% vs 56.2%, grade 0 or 1 vs 2 or 3, p = 0.001). RV dysfunction rates did not differ according to ST-segment resolution. Patients with RV dysfunction had increased rates of cardiac death (13.2% vs 2.6%, p = 0.03), reinfarction (24.5% vs 10.3%, p = 0.03), and stent thrombosis (22.6% vs 6.4%, p = 0.01) at 2-year follow-up. Postprocedural TIMI flow grade 3 (odds ratio 0.25, 95% confidence interval 0.09 to 0.68, p = 0.007) was the only reperfusion correlate of RV dysfunction at multivariate analysis. In an independent cohort of 84 patients with STEMI, postprocedural TIMI flow grade 3 had a limited sensitivity (52%), with a high specificity (74.5%) and negative predictive value (71%) for excluding RV dysfunction. In conclusion, in patients with inferior STEMI undergoing coronary revascularization, RV dysfunction is associated with a worse long-term prognosis. Postprocedural TIMI flow grade may be a useful tool to predict RV dysfunction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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11. Causes of Death in Patients >=75 Years of Age With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome.
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Morici, Nuccia, Savonitto, Stefano, Murena, Ernesto, Antonicelli, Roberto, Piovaccari, Giancarlo, Tucci, Daniele, Tamburino, Corrado, Fontanelli, Alessandro, Bolognese, Leonardo, Menozzi, Mila, Cavallini, Claudio, Petronio, Anna Sonia, Ambrosio, Giuseppe, Piscione, Federico, Steffenino, Giuseppe, and De Servi, Stefano
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- 2013
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12. Noninvasive evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Briguori, Carlo, Betocchi, Sandro, Losi, Maria Angela, Manganelli, Fiore, Piscione, Federico, Pace, Leonardo, Boccalatte, Marco, Gottilla, Rossella, Salvatore, Marco, Chiariello, Massimo, Briguori, C, Betocchi, S, Losi, M A, Manganelli, F, Piscione, F, Pace, L, Boccalatte, M, Gottilla, R, Salvatore, M, and Chiariello, M
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LEFT heart ventricle , *DIASTOLE (Cardiac cycle) - Abstract
Diastolic dysfunction is common in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC). Previous studies suggest that Doppler transmitral flow velocity profiles, and the left atrial (LA) M-mode echogram can be used noninvasively to evaluate left ventricular (LV) diastolic function. However, this has not been proved in HC. In this study we determined the relation of Doppler transmitral flow velocity profiles and the LA M-mode echograms to invasive indexes of LV diastolic function in patients with HC. We studied 25 patients with HC, while off drugs, and calculated LA global and active fractional shortening and the slope of both early and late displacement of the posterior aortic wall during LA emptying by M-mode echocardiography. We calculated peak velocity of early (E) and atrial (A) filling, E to A ratio, and E-wave deceleration time by pulsed Doppler echocardiography, and simultaneous radionuclide angiography, LV pressures, time constant of isovolumic relaxation tau, and the constant of chamber stiffness k by cardiac catheterization. The time constant of isovolumic relaxation tau correlated with the slope of early posterior aortic wall displacement (r = 0.59; p <0.01). LV end-diastolic pressure correlated with global LA fractional shortening (r = -0.75; p <0.001); the constant of chamber stiffness k correlated with active LA fractional shortening (r = -0.53; p <0.02). In a subset of 13 patients, in whom echocardiography and cardiac catheterization were performed simultaneously, similar results were found. LA M-mode recordings provide a more reliable noninvasive assessment of diastolic function in HC than mitral Doppler indexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
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13. Effects of Baseline Coronary Occlusion and Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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Raffaele Piccolo, Federico Piscione, Pedro Abreu-Gonzalez, Allan Iversen, Bruno Trimarco, Gennaro Galasso, Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez, Youlan L. Gu, Karim D. Mahmoud, Holger Thiele, Bart J. G. L. de Smet, Ingo Eitel, Piccolo, Raffaele, Galasso, Gennaro, Iversen, Allan Zeeberg, Eitel, Ingo, Dominguez Rodriguez, Alberto, Gu, Youlan L, de Smet, Bart J. G. L, Mahmoud, Karim D, Abreu Gonzalez, Pedro, Trimarco, Bruno, Thiele, Holger, and Piscione, Federico
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Male ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Abciximab ,FLOW ,Myocardial Infarction ,PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY ,Coronary Angiography ,HORIZONS-AMI ,Electrocardiography ,Risk Factors ,Occlusion ,Monoclonal ,Medicine ,REPERFUSION ,Myocardial infarction ,Coronary Vessel ,Medicine (all) ,Incidence ,Aged ,Antibodies, Monoclonal ,Coronary Occlusion ,Coronary Vessels ,Diabetes Mellitus ,Europe ,Female ,Humans ,Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments ,Injections, Intra-Arterial ,Middle Aged ,Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors ,Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex ,Preoperative Care ,Prognosis ,Survival Rate ,Thrombolytic Therapy ,Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Diabetes Mellitu ,Thrombolysis ,INTRAVENOUS BOLUS ABCIXIMAB ,Cardiology ,Platelet aggregation inhibitor ,Ticagrelor ,TIMI ,medicine.drug ,Human ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Prognosi ,Antibodies ,Injections ,Internal medicine ,TICAGRELOR ,cardiovascular diseases ,Immunoglobulin Fab Fragment ,business.industry ,Intra-Arterial ,Platelet Aggregation Inhibitor ,Risk Factor ,MORTALITY ,Percutaneous coronary intervention ,INTRACORONARY ,medicine.disease ,RANDOMIZED-TRIALS ,THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY ,Coronary occlusion ,business - Abstract
Several studies have highlighted the prognostic role of preprocedural Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow in the infarct-related artery (IRA) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, the impact of preprocedural IRA occlusion in patients with diabetes with STEMI has been insufficiently studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of baseline IRA occlusion and diabetic status in patients with STEMI who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention by using data from a pooled analysis of randomized trials comparing intracoronary with intravenous abciximab bolus administration. A total of 3,046 patients with STEMI who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention were included. Diabetes was present in 578 patients (19%). The primary outcome was mortality after a median follow-up period of 375 days. Secondary end points were reinfarction and stent thrombosis. In patients without diabetes, IRA occlusion versus no occlusion was not associated with increased rates of mortality (4.3% vs 2.7%, p = 0.051) and reinfarction (3.3% vs 2.5%, p = 0.33). Patients with diabetes with IRA occlusion compared with those without occlusion showed higher rates of mortality (10.6% vs 4.6%, p = 0.01) and reinfarction (5.6% vs 2.1%, p = 0.03). Baseline IRA occlusion increased the rate of stent thrombosis in the nondiabetic (2.1% vs 1.0%, p = 0.04) and diabetic (3.2% vs 0.8%, p = 0.05) cohorts. Interaction analysis demonstrated that the risk for death and reinfarction was significantly increased when diabetes and IRA occlusion occurred concomitantly. In conclusion, patients with STEMI with diabetes and baseline IRA occlusion had disproportionately higher rates of death and reinfarction. Preprocedural IRA occlusion increased the risk for stent thrombosis, irrespective of diabetic status. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- 2014
14. Thrombectomy Pretreatment Versus Standard Stenting in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Does the Debate Still Not EXPIRe?
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Cassese, Salvatore, Danzi, Gian Battista, Briguori, Carlo, Varbella, Ferdinando, and Piscione, Federico
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- 2011
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15. Meta-Analysis Comparing Outcomes After Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Versus Everolimus-Eluting Metallic Stents in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes.
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De Rosa R, Silverio A, Varricchio A, De Luca G, Di Maio M, Radano I, Belmonte M, De Angelis MC, Moscarella E, Citro R, Piscione F, and Galasso G
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- Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents pharmacology, Prosthesis Design, Treatment Outcome, Absorbable Implants, Acute Coronary Syndrome surgery, Drug-Eluting Stents, Everolimus pharmacology, Tissue Scaffolds
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Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) may represent an intriguing clinical scenario for implantation of bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BRS). Nevertheless, the knowledge about the performance of these devices in patients with ACS is limited. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of clinical studies aiming to assess the safety and efficacy of everolimus-eluting-BRS versus everolimus-eluting-metallic stents (EES) in ACS patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Six studies enrolling 2,318 patients were included and analyzed for the risk of primary safety outcome (stent or scaffold thrombosis [ST/ScT]), primary efficacy outcome (target lesion revascularisation [TLR]), and secondary outcomes (myocardial infarction, cardiac death, all-cause death). Median follow-up was 9.5 (6 to 19.5) months. Patients treated with BRS had a significantly higher risk of definite ST/ScT compared with those receiving EES (2.3% vs 1.08%, odds ratio [OR] 2.22, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.10 to 4.45, p = 0.03, I2 = 0%). Similarly, the risk of TLR was significantly higher in the BRS compared with EES group (3.5% vs 2.5%, OR 1.79, 95% CI 1.02 to 3.16, p = 0.04, I2 = 0%). When TLRs due to thrombosis were excluded, the difference in risk estimates between the 2 groups was no longer significant (OR 1.19, 95% CI 0.48 to 2.98, p = 0.71, I2 = 25%). Risk for secondary endpoints did not differ between the 2 groups. Results were confirmed when clinical and procedural variables were tested as potential effect modifiers in the meta-regression analysis for both primary endpoints. In conclusion, compared with those receiving EES, patients with ACS treated with BRS had increased risk of definite device thrombosis and TLR at mid-term follow-up., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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16. Pooled Analysis Comparing the Efficacy of Intracoronary Versus Intravenous Abciximab in Smokers Versus Nonsmokers Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization for Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
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Piccolo R, Galasso G, Eitel I, Dominguez-Rodriguez A, Iversen AZ, Gu YL, Abreu-Gonzalez P, de Smet BJ, Esposito G, Windecker S, Thiele H, and Piscione F
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- Abciximab, Adult, Aged, Case-Control Studies, Female, Humans, Injections, Intra-Arterial, Injections, Intravenous, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Proportional Hazards Models, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction epidemiology, Treatment Outcome, Antibodies, Monoclonal administration & dosage, Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments administration & dosage, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention methods, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors administration & dosage, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction surgery, Smoking epidemiology
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Cigarette smokers with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) may present different response to potent antithrombotic therapy compared to nonsmokers. We assessed the impact of smoking status and intracoronary abciximab in patients with STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We pooled data from 5 randomized trials comparing intracoronary versus intravenous abciximab bolus in patients undergoing primary PCI. The primary end point was the composite of death or reinfarction at a mean follow-up of 292 ± 138 days. Of 3,158 participants, 1,369 (43.3%) were smokers, and they had a lower risk of the primary end point in crude, but not in adjusted analyses (hazard ratio [HR] 0.87, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.63 to 1.21, p = 0.405). Intracoronary versus intravenous abciximab was associated with a significant reduction in the risk of primary end point among smokers (3.6% vs 8.0%; HR 0.43, 95% CI 0.26 to 0.72, p = 0.001), but not in nonsmokers (10.2% vs 9.9%; HR 0.99, 95% CI 0.72 to 1.36, p = 0.96), with a significant interaction (p = 0.009). Furthermore, intracoronary abciximab decreased the risk of reinfarction in smokers (HR 0.30, 95% CI 0.15 to 0.62, p = 0.001), with no difference in nonsmokers (HR 1.20, 95% CI 0.71 to 2.01, p = 0.50). Stent thrombosis was lowered by intracoronary abciximab in smokers (HR 0.28, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.66, p = 0.009), but was ineffective in nonsmokers (HR 1.04, 95% CI 0.54 to 2.00, p = 0.903). Interaction testing showed heterogeneity in treatment effect for reinfarction (p = 0.002) and stent thrombosis (p = 0.018) according to smoking status. In conclusion, among patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI, smoking status did not affect the adjusted risk of clinical events. Intracoronary abciximab bolus improved clinical outcomes by reducing the risk of death or reinfarction., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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