AIMS: To use quality indicators to study the management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in different regions. METHODS AND RESULTS: Prospective cohort study of STEMI within 24 h of symptom onset (11 462 patients, 196 centres, 26 European Society of Cardiology members, and 3 affiliated countries). The median delay between arrival at a percutaneous cardiovascular intervention (PCI) centre and primary PCI was 40 min (interquartile range 20-74) with 65.8% receiving PCI within guideline recommendation of 60 min. A third of patients (33.2%) required transfer from their initial hospital to one that could perform emergency PCI for whom only 27.2% were treated within the quality indicator recommendation of 120 min. Radial access was used in 56.6% of all primary PCI, but with large geographic variation, from 76.4 to 9.1%. Statins were prescribed at discharge to 98.7% of patients, with little geographic variation. Of patients with a history of heart failure or a documented left ventricular ejection fraction ≤40%, 84.0% were discharged on an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker and 88.7% were discharged on beta-blockers. CONCLUSION: Care for STEMI shows wide geographic variation in the receipt of timely primary PCI, and is in contrast with the more uniform delivery of guideline-recommended pharmacotherapies at time of hospital discharge.

• Klíčová slova
• Guidelines, Observational studies, Primary percutaneous coronary intervention, Quality indicators, Registry, Reperfusion therapy, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction,
• MeSH
• akutní koronární syndrom * terapie   MeSH
• funkce levé komory srdeční MeSH
• infarkt myokardu s elevacemi ST úseků * epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• kardiologie * MeSH
• koronární angioplastika * MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• prospektivní studie MeSH
• registrace MeSH
• tepový objem MeSH
• ukazatele kvality zdravotní péče MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is projected to become the third cause of mortality worldwide. COPD shares several pathophysiological mechanisms with cardiovascular disease, especially atherosclerosis. However, no definite answers are available on the prognostic role of COPD in the setting of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), especially during COVID-19 pandemic, among patients undergoing primary angioplasty, that is therefore the aim of the current study. METHODS: In the ISACS-STEMI COVID-19 registry we included retrospectively patients with STEMI treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between March and June of 2019 and 2020 from 109 high-volume primary PCI centers in 4 continents. RESULTS: A total of 15,686 patients were included in this analysis. Of them, 810 (5.2%) subjects had a COPD diagnosis. They were more often elderly and with a more pronounced cardiovascular risk profile. No preminent procedural dissimilarities were noticed except for a lower proportion of dual antiplatelet therapy at discharge among COPD patients (98.9% vs. 98.1%, P = 0.038). With regards to short-term fatal outcomes, both in-hospital and 30-days mortality occurred more frequently among COPD patients, similarly in pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 era. However, after adjustment for main baseline differences, COPD did not result as independent predictor for in-hospital death (adjusted OR [95% CI] = 0.913[0.658-1.266], P = 0.585) nor for 30-days mortality (adjusted OR [95% CI] = 0.850 [0.620-1.164], P = 0.310). No significant differences were detected in terms of SARS-CoV-2 positivity between the two groups. CONCLUSION: This is one of the largest studies investigating characteristics and outcome of COPD patients with STEMI undergoing primary angioplasty, especially during COVID pandemic. COPD was associated with significantly higher rates of in-hospital and 30-days mortality. However, this association disappeared after adjustment for baseline characteristics. Furthermore, COPD did not significantly affect SARS-CoV-2 positivity. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04412655 (2nd June 2020).

• Klíčová slova
• COPD, Mortality, STEMI,
• MeSH
• chronická obstrukční plicní nemoc * diagnóza   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• COVID-19 * epidemiologie   MeSH
• infarkt myokardu s elevacemi ST úseků * diagnóza   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• koronární angioplastika * škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mortalita v nemocnicích MeSH
• pandemie MeSH
• registrace MeSH
• retrospektivní studie MeSH
• SARS-CoV-2 MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• multicentrická studie MeSH

AIMS: The Acute Cardiac Care Association (ACCA)-European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (EAPCI) Registry on ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) of the EurObservational programme (EORP) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) registry aimed to determine the current state of the use of reperfusion therapy in ESC member and ESC affiliated countries and the adherence to ESC STEMI guidelines in patients with STEMI. METHODS AND RESULTS: Between 1 January 2015 and 31 March 2018, a total of 11 462 patients admitted with an initial diagnosis of STEMI according to the 2012 ESC STEMI guidelines were enrolled. Individual patient data were collected across 196 centres and 29 countries. Among the centres, there were 136 percutaneous coronary intervention centres and 91 with cardiac surgery on-site. The majority of centres (129/196) were part of a STEMI network. The main objective of this study was to describe the demographic, clinical, and angiographic characteristics of patients with STEMI. Other objectives include to assess management patterns and in particular the current use of reperfusion therapies and to evaluate how recommendations of most recent STEMI European guidelines regarding reperfusion therapies and adjunctive pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments are adopted in clinical practice and how their application can impact on patients' outcomes. Patients will be followed for 1 year after admission. CONCLUSION: The ESC ACCA-EAPCI EORP ACS STEMI registry is an international registry of care and outcomes of patients hospitalized with STEMI. It will provide insights into the contemporary patient profile, management patterns, and 1-year outcome of patients with STEMI.

• Klíčová slova
• Primary percutaneous coronary intervention, Registry, Reperfusion therapy, ST-elevation myocardial infarction,
• MeSH
• akutní koronární syndrom diagnóza   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• infarkt myokardu s elevacemi ST úseků diagnóza   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• kardiologie * MeSH
• kvalita zdravotní péče * MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• management nemoci * MeSH
• registrace * MeSH
• retrospektivní studie MeSH
• společnosti lékařské * MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• multicentrická studie MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Evropa epidemiologie   MeSH

Stent designs with ultrathin struts may further increase the procedural success of challenging lesion subsets. The objective of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of ultrathin strut, polymer-free sirolimus eluting stent (PF-SES) implantations in a large scale, unselected patient population.Adult patients underwent percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with a thin-strut PF-SES. Data from two all-comers observational studies having the same protocol (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifiers: NCT02629575 and NCT02905214) were pooled. The accumulated target lesion revascularization (TLR) rate at 9-12 months was the primary endpoint. All dual antiplatelet therapy strategies according to the applicable guidelines were permissible.In total, 7243 patients were prospectively enrolled for PCI with PF-SES in stable coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Major risk factors in the overall cohort were diabetes (37.3%), ST elevation myocardial infarction (18.1%) and non-ST myocardial infarction (24.6%). The follow-up rate was 88.6% in the overall population. The TLR rate in the overall cohort was 2.2% whereas definite/probable stent thrombosis (ST) occurred in 0.7%. In patients with in-stent restenosis lesions, the major adverse cardiac events rate was 6.4% whereas the corresponding rate for isolated left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease was highest with 6.7% followed by patients with culprit lesions in vein bypasses (VB, 7.1%). The mortality rate in patients treated in VB lesions was highest with 5.4%, followed by the isolated LMCA subgroup (3.4%) and ACS (2.6%).PCI with PF-SES in an unselected patient population, is associated with low clinical event and ST rates. Furthermore, PF-SES angioplasty in niche indications demonstrated favorable safety and efficacy outcomes with high procedural success rates.

• MeSH
• akutní koronární syndrom diagnóza   mortalita   chirurgie   MeSH
• antibakteriální látky terapeutické užití   MeSH
• cévy - implantace protéz metody   MeSH
• diabetes mellitus epidemiologie   MeSH
• infarkt myokardu bez ST elevací komplikace   epidemiologie   MeSH
• infarkt myokardu s elevacemi ST úseků komplikace   epidemiologie   MeSH
• koronární angioplastika přístrojové vybavení   MeSH
• lékařská praxe - způsoby provádění normy   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• nemoci koronárních tepen diagnóza   mortalita   chirurgie   MeSH
• okluze cévního štěpu epidemiologie   MeSH
• polymery MeSH
• prospektivní studie MeSH
• protézy - design MeSH
• rizikové faktory MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• sirolimus terapeutické užití   MeSH
• stenty uvolňující léky škodlivé účinky   trendy   MeSH
• vstřebatelné implantáty škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• klinické zkoušky MeSH
• pozorovací studie MeSH
• Názvy látek
• antibakteriální látky MeSH
• polymery MeSH
• sirolimus MeSH

• Klíčová slova
• EACTS, ESC, ST elevation MI, dual antiplatelet therapy,
• MeSH
• duální protidestičková léčba normy   MeSH
• infarkt myokardu s elevacemi ST úseků diagnóza   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• kardiologie normy   MeSH
• kardiovaskulární chirurgické výkony normy   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mezisektorová spolupráce MeSH
• nemoci koronárních tepen diagnóza   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• směrnice pro lékařskou praxi jako téma normy   MeSH
• společnosti lékařské normy   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Evropa epidemiologie   MeSH

Treatment of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction has improved over past decades, with reperfusion therapy being the cornerstone in the acute phase. Based on the results of large randomised trials the current ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) recommend acute treatments and secondary prevention therapies. However, there are large variations between ESC countries in the treatment of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Therefore the ESC has initiated a prospective registry to evaluate the current treatments and outcomes of these patients with a special focus on adherence to the ESC guidelines and on differences between countries and regions. This paper describes the methodology and design of the ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction registry conducted in collaboration of the Acute Cardiac Care Association and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

• Klíčová slova
• ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, primary percutaneous coronary intervention, registry, reperfusion therapy,
• MeSH
• incidence MeSH
• infarkt myokardu s elevacemi ST úseků epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• kardiologie * MeSH
• koronární angioplastika * MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• míra přežití trendy   MeSH
• prospektivní studie MeSH
• registrace * MeSH
• sekundární prevence metody   MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• směrnice pro lékařskou praxi jako téma MeSH
• společnosti lékařské * MeSH
• trombolytická terapie * MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• multicentrická studie MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Evropa epidemiologie   MeSH

BACKGROUND: Routine thrombus aspiration in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) does not improve clinical outcomes. However, there is remaining uncertainty about the potential benefit in those patients with high thrombus burden, where there is a biological rationale for greater benefit. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefit of thrombus aspiration among STEMI patients with high thrombus burden. METHODS: TOTAL (ThrOmbecTomy with PCI vs. PCI ALone in patients with STEMI) was a randomized trial of routine manual thrombectomy versus PCI alone in patients with STEMI (n = 10,732). High thrombus burden (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction thrombus grade ≥3) was a pre-specified subgroup. RESULTS: The primary outcome of cardiovascular (CV) death, MI, cardiogenic shock, or heart failure was not different at 1 year with thrombus aspiration in patients with high thrombus burden (8.1% vs. 8.3% thrombus aspiration; hazard ratio [HR]: 0.97; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.84 to 1.13) or low thrombus burden (6.0% vs. 5.0% thrombus aspiration; HR: 1.22; 95% CI: 0.73 to 2.05; interaction p = 0.41). However, among patients with high thrombus burden, stroke at 30 days was more frequent with thrombus aspiration (31 [0.7%] thrombus aspiration vs. 16 [0.4%] PCI alone, HR: 1.90; 95% CI: 1.04 to 3.48). In the high thrombus burden group, thrombus aspiration did not significantly improve CV mortality at 30 days (HR: 0.78; 95% CI: 0.61 to 1.01; p = 0.06) and at 1 year (HR: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.72 to 1.09; p = 0.25). Irrespective of treatment assignment, high thrombus burden was an independent predictor of death (HR: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.05 to 3.01). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with high thrombus burden, routine thrombus aspiration did not improve outcomes at 1 year and was associated with an increased rate of stroke. High thrombus burden is still an important predictor of outcome in STEMI. (A Trial of routine aspiration ThrOmbecTomy with PCI vs. PCI ALone in patients with STEMI [TOTAL]; NCT01149044).

• Klíčová slova
• PCI, STEMI, thrombectomy,
• MeSH
• cévní mozková příhoda epidemiologie   MeSH
• infarkt myokardu s elevacemi ST úseků epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• kardiogenní šok epidemiologie   MeSH
• koronární angioplastika * MeSH
• koronární trombóza epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• recidiva MeSH
• srdeční selhání epidemiologie   MeSH
• trombektomie * MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• multicentrická studie MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• randomizované kontrolované studie MeSH

BACKGROUND: Sleep apnea (SA) is associated with intermittent hypoxemia that may lead to ischemic preconditioning in the myocardium. This potential cardioprotective effect of SA may play a role in the development of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) versus ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during acute ischemia. However, there is limited evidence about the relative prevalence of NSTEMI versus STEMI in SA patients. We therefore prospectively investigated the prevalence of these two types of MI in patients with SA. METHODS: We prospectively studied 782 consecutive patients admitted with the diagnosis of acute MI (both NSTEMI and STEMI). All subjects underwent sleep evaluations using a portable diagnostic device after at least 48h post-admission, provided they were in stable condition. Six hundred and seven out of 782 patients had technically adequate sleep studies, and therefore were included in the final analysis. RESULTS: SA was present in 65.7% (n=399) and NSTEMI in 30% (n=182) of patients. Increasing severity of SA was associated with increasing likelihood of NSTEMI, and with decreasing likelihood of STEMI (p<0.001). Relative frequency of NSTEMI in the moderate to severe SA group (AHI≥15events/h) was 40.6% versus 29.9% for STEMI (p=0.01). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of NSTEMI increases with increasing severity of SA. This finding may suggest a cardioprotective role of SA, which may attenuate the development of STEMI, perhaps through ischemic preconditioning.

• Klíčová slova
• Ischemic preconditioning, Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, Sleep apnea,
• MeSH
• infarkt myokardu bez ST elevací diagnostické zobrazování   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• infarkt myokardu s elevacemi ST úseků diagnostické zobrazování   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• prospektivní studie MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• syndromy spánkové apnoe diagnostické zobrazování   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

INTRODUCTION: The right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI) has traditionally been mainly related to inferior wall ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This study assessed the RVMI electrocardiographic (ECG-RVMI) signs in relationship to ECG-based STEMI localization and to the infarct related artery in patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI). METHODS: Three hundred consecutive adult patients (107 females) were referred to catheterization laboratory with the acute STEMI diagnosis. In all patients, both the standard 12-lead ECGs and the right-sided precordial leads (V1R-V6R) were recorded. ECG-RVMI was diagnosed by ST segment elevation above 100μV in V4R. RESULTS: ECG signs of RVMI were found in 35 and 31 (23.8% for both) patients with inferior and anterior wall STEMI, respectively. In 32 ECG-RVMI patients, the right coronary artery (RCA) was occluded while in 34 patients, the occlusions were in the left anterior descending (LAD) or the left circumflex artery. No statistically significant differences were found in ECG-RVMI patients when comparing clinical variables between those with anterior and inferior wall STEMI. CONCLUSIONS: ECG signs of RVMI during acute STEMI are not uncommon. RCA was the infarction-related artery in only one half of these patients. Anterior wall STEMI and the LAD were associated with a significant proportion of ECG-RVMI cases.

• Klíčová slova
• Infarction related artery, Primary percutaneous coronary intervention, Right ventricle infarction, ST elevation myocardial infarction,
• MeSH
• diagnóza počítačová metody   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• dysfunkce pravé srdeční komory diagnóza   epidemiologie   MeSH
• elektrokardiografie metody   statistika a číselné údaje   MeSH
• infarkt myokardu s elevacemi ST úseků diagnóza   epidemiologie   MeSH
• kauzalita MeSH
• komorbidita MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• nemoci koronárních tepen diagnóza   epidemiologie   MeSH
• reprodukovatelnost výsledků MeSH
• rizikové faktory MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• senzitivita a specificita MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Česká republika epidemiologie   MeSH

BACKGROUND: Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) or chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high risk of acute myocardial infarction and recurrent cardiovascular events. According to the previous studies, the combination of the two conditions may have a synergistic impact on prognosis. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of stage of CKD on the outcomes of patients with DM and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS: Study population consisted of 946 consecutive patients with STEMI who underwent PCI from January 2009 to December 2012 and were followed up until the end of 2013. The all-cause mortality during this period was evaluated in relation to DM and severe or moderate reduction in glomerular filtration rate (GFR categories G4-5, or G3; KDIGO classification). Cox regression analysis adjusted for possible confounding factors was used in statistics. RESULTS: Out of the study population (mean age 63 years, 69.6 % males), 217 (22.9 %) patients had DM. Of them, 10.6 % were in GFR category G4-5 and 32.7 % in G3. The in-hospital mortality rates in patients with DM were 34.8 % for G4-5, 18.3 % for G3, and 4.1 % in G1-2 groups. The all-cause mortality at the end of the follow-up period for diabetics within G4-5 was 2.27 -times higher compared to mortality of diabetics in G1-2 (p = 0.047, Cox regression analysis), and there was a trend toward higher mortality for G3 versus G1-2 (HR 1.64, p = 0.12). CONCLUSION: Severe chronic kidney disease (GFR category 4-5) was significantly associated with all-cause mortality of diabetics with STEMI treated with PCI; the association with severe CKD was stronger compared to moderate CKD.

• Klíčová slova
• Chronic kidney disease, Diabetes mellitus, Mortality, PCI, STE myocardial infarction,
• MeSH
• analýza přežití MeSH
• balónková koronární angioplastika metody   mortalita   MeSH
• chronická renální insuficience epidemiologie   patologie   terapie   MeSH
• diabetes mellitus diagnóza   farmakoterapie   epidemiologie   MeSH
• hodnocení rizik MeSH
• infarkt myokardu s elevacemi ST úseků diagnóza   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• Kaplanův-Meierův odhad MeSH
• kohortové studie MeSH
• komorbidita MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• logistické modely MeSH
• mortalita v nemocnicích trendy   MeSH
• multivariační analýza MeSH
• prediktivní hodnota testů MeSH
• prognóza MeSH
• proporcionální rizikové modely MeSH
• retrospektivní studie MeSH
• rozložení podle pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• stupeň závažnosti nemoci MeSH
• věkové rozložení MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• srovnávací studie MeSH