Clinical outcome of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and angiographic evidence of coronary artery ectasia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of coronary artery ectasia (CAE) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and to compare the long-term outcome of subjects with and without CAE undergoing emergent coronary angiography.

Background

The prognostic impact of CAE in STEMI patients has been poorly investigated.

Methods

This retrospective, single-center, study included consecutive patients with STEMI undergoing emergent coronary angiography from January 2012 to December 2017. The primary endpoint was the assessment of recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with versus those without CAE at the longest available follow-up. The propensity score weighting technique was employed to account for potential selection bias be

SUBMITTER: Baldi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9541104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature