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Prognostically relevant periprocedural myocardial injury and infarction associated with percutaneous coronary interventions: A Consensus Document of the ESC Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart and European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)

  • Heerajnarain Bulluck
  • , Valeria Paradies
  • , Emanuele Barbato
  • , Andreas Baumbach
  • , Hans Erik Bøtker
  • , Davide Capodanno
  • , Raffaele De Caterina
  • , Claudio Cavallini
  • , Sean M. Davidson
  • , Dmitriy N. Feldman
  • , Péter Ferdinandy
  • , Sebastiano Gili
  • , Mariann Gyöngyösi
  • , Vijay Kunadian
  • , Sze Yuan Ooi
  • , Rosalinda Madonna
  • , Michael Marber
  • , Roxana Mehran
  • , Gjin Ndrepepa
  • , Cinzia Perrino
  • Stefanie Schüpke, Johanne Silvain, Joost P.G. Sluijter, Giuseppe Tarantini, Gabor G. Toth, Linda W. Van Laake, Clemens Von Birgelen, Michel Zeitouni, Allan S. Jaffe, Kristian Thygesen, Derek J. Hausenloy
  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School
  • Maasstad Hospital
  • Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
  • OLV Hospital Aalst
  • Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Yale University Medical School
  • Aarhus University
  • University Hospital of Catania
  • University of Pisa
  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia
  • University College London
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Semmelweis University
  • Pharmahungary Group
  • Istituto di Ricovero e Cura A Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS)
  • Medical University of Vienna
  • The Medical School
  • Freeman Hospital
  • Prince of Wales Hospital
  • McGovern Medical School
  • St Thomas' Hospital
  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Research Foundation
  • Technical University of Munich
  • INSERM U70
  • University Medical Center Utrecht
  • University of Padova
  • Medical University of Graz
  • Medisch Spectrum Twente (MST)
  • University of Twente
  • Mayo Clinic
  • National University of Singapore
  • National Heart Centre Singapore
  • National University of Singapore
  • Asia University

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Abstract

A substantial number of chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) experience periprocedural myocardial injury or infarction. Accurate diagnosis of these PCI-related complications is required to guide further management given that their occurrence may be associated with increased risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE). Due to lack of scientific data, the cut-off thresholds of post-PCI cardiac troponin (cTn) elevation used for defining periprocedural myocardial injury and infarction, have been selected based on expert consensus opinions, and their prognostic relevance remains unclear. In this Consensus Document from the ESC Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart and European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), we recommend, whenever possible, the measurement of baseline (pre-PCI) cTn and post-PCI cTn values in all CCS patients undergoing PCI. We confirm the prognostic relevance of the post-PCI cTn elevation >5× 99th percentile URL threshold used to define type 4a myocardial infarction (MI). In the absence of periprocedural angiographic flow-limiting complications or electrocardiogram (ECG) and imaging evidence of new myocardial ischaemia, we propose the same post-PCI cTn cut-off threshold (>5× 99th percentile URL) be used to define prognostically relevant 'major' periprocedural myocardial injury. As both type 4a MI and major periprocedural myocardial injury are strong independent predictors of all-cause mortality at 1 year post-PCI, they may be used as quality metrics and surrogate endpoints for clinical trials. Further research is needed to evaluate treatment strategies for reducing the risk of major periprocedural myocardial injury, type 4a MI, and MACE in CCS patients undergoing PCI.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2630-2642C
JournalEuropean Heart Journal
Volume42
Issue number27
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Jul 2021

Keywords

  • Chronic coronary syndrome
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention
  • Periprocedural myocardial infarction
  • Periprocedural myocardial injury
  • Type 4a myocardial infarction

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