FACTORS INFLUENCING LATE PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION TREATED WITH DIRECT PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION.

Abstract: Objective: To investigate factors influencing the late prognosis of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated by direct percutaneous coronary intervention. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 349 ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with direct percutaneous coronary intervention. Patients were categorized based on catheter laboratory activation time (CLAT) (≤15 or >15 min), time of arrival (working hours or out-of-hours), and mode of arrival (emergency medical services transportation or self-presentation). The primary endpoint was the 2-year major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), defined as all-cause death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and target vessel revascularization. Results: Patients with CLAT ≤15 min showed significant differences in oxygen saturation, FMC-to-device time, symptom-to-device time, symptom-to-FMC time, presentation mode, presentation duration, and MACEs (all P < 0.005). Self-presentation (odds ratio = 0.593, 95% confidence interval = 0.413-0.759) and out-of-hours presentation (odds ratio = 0.612, 95% confidence interval = 0.433-0.813) were risk factors for CLAT >15 min. The working-hours group showed significant differences in FMC-to-device time, activation-to-arrival time at the catheter laboratory, and the number of cases with activation time ≤15 min (all P < 0.005). The emergency medical services and self-presentation groups differed significantly in age, blood pressure, FMC-to-device time, and electrocardiography-to-CLAT (all P < 0.005). Conclusion: Reducing CLAT to 15 min significantly lowers the 2-year MACE rate. Self-presentation and out-of-hours presentation are risk factors for delayed catheter laboratory activation.