PLoS ONE (Jan 2021)

Multivessel versus IRA-only PCI in patients with NSTEMI and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

  • Myunhee Lee,
  • Dae-Won Kim,
  • Mahn-Won Park,
  • Kyusup Lee,
  • Sung-Ho Her,
  • Kiyuk Chang,
  • Wook Sung Chung,
  • Myung Ho Jeong,
  • Seung-Woon Rha,
  • Hyo-Soo Kim,
  • Hyeon Cheol Gwon,
  • In Whan Seong,
  • Kyung Kuk Hwang,
  • Shung Chull Chae,
  • Kwon-Bae Kim,
  • Young Jo Kim,
  • Kwang Soo Cha,
  • Seok Kyu Oh,
  • Jei Keon Chae,
  • Ji-Hoon Jung,
  • KAMIR-NIH registry investigators

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258525
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 10
p. e0258525

Abstract

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BackgroundA substantial number of patients presenting with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and multivessel disease (MVD) have severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) (left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) less than 35%). But data are lacking regarding optimal percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) strategy for these patients. The aim of this study was to compare the long-term outcomes of IRA (infarct-related artery)-only and multivessel PCI in patients with NSTEMI and MVD complicated by severe LVSD.MethodsAmong 13,104 patients enrolled in the PCI registry from November 2011 to December 2015, patients with NSTEMI and MVD with severe LVSD who underwent successful PCI were screened. The primary outcome was 3-year major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), defined as all-cause death, any myocardial infarction, stroke, and any revascularization.ResultsOverall, 228 patients were treated with IRA-only PCI (n = 104) or MV-PCI (n = 124). The MACE risk was significantly lower in the MV-PCI group than in the IRA-only PCI group (35.5% vs. 54.8%; hazard ratio [HR] 0.561; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.378-0.832; p = 0.04). This result was mainly driven by a significantly lower risk of all-cause death (23.4% vs. 41.4%; hazard ratio [HR] 0.503; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.314-0.806; p = 0.004). The results were consistent after multivariate regression, propensity-score matching, and inverse probability weighting to adjust for baseline differences.ConclusionsAmong patients with NSTEMI and MVD complicated with severe LVSD, multivessel PCI was associated with a significantly lower MACE risk. The findings may provide valuable information to physicians who are involved in decision-making for these patients.