Effects of atrial fibrillation on complications and prognosis of patients receiving emergency PCI after acute myocardial infarction.

Effects of atrial fibrillation on complications and prognosis of patients receiving emergency PCI after acute myocardial infarction. Exp Ther Med. 2018 Oct;16(4):3574-3578 Authors: Zhang Y, Zhang L, Zheng H, Chen H Abstract The effects of atrial fibrillation on complications and prognosis of patients receiving emergency percutaneous coronary intervention after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were investigated. Eighty AMI patients treated with interventional vascular recanalization in the Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University (Weifang, China) from July 2015 to October 2016 were selected, including 40 patients complicated with atrial fibrillation before operation (control group) and 40 patients without atrial fibrillation before operation (observation group). The systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, arrhythmia and common complications after MI were compared. Changes in the coronary artery thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of patients were also recorded. Moreover, changes in brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels were compared. The recovery time of myocardial enzyme and total troponin in both groups was recorded. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (p<0.05). During the intervention, the total proportion of patients with ventricular arrhythm...
Source: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine - Category: General Medicine Tags: Exp Ther Med Source Type: research