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Objective:To explore the influencing factors of recovering to normal atrioventricular nodal conduction (AVNC) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated III atrioventricular block (AVB) .Meth‐ods:According to III AVB recovered to normal or not ,a total of 82 AMI complicated III AVB patients were divid‐ed into recovery group (n=51) and non- recovery group (n=31 ,including three cases undergoing permanent pace‐maker implantation and 28 dead cases) .The relationship among diabetes mellitus (DM) history ,ischemic precondi‐tioning (IP) ,levels of creatinine (Cr) and hemoglobin (Hb) at hospitalization ,systolic blood pressure (SBP) ,Killip class , cardiogenic shock and recovering to normal AVNC etc .were observed in two groups .Results:There were no significant difference in age ,sex proportion ,smoking history ,hypertension history ,DM history ,IP ,duration from onset to arriving at emergency room ,heart rate and SBP at hospitalization ,Hb level and early reperfusion treatment between two groups , P>0.05 all .Compared with recovery group ,there were significant rise in percentages of Kil‐lip ≥class II (39.2% vs .80.6% ) ,cardiogenic shock (21.6% vs .45.2% ) ,anterior wall infarction (7.8% vs . 32.3% ) ,Cr level [ (107.25 ± 6.69) μmol/L vs .(132.43 ± 11.52) μmol/L] and mortality (0% vs .90.3% ) ,and significant reduction in percentage of inferior wall infarction (92.2% vs .67.7% ) in non - recovery group , P<0.05 or < 0.01. Multifactor Logistic regression analysis indicated that Killip class was the independent predictor (OR=0.190 , P= 0.002 ) influencing recovering to normal AVNC in AMI + III°AVB patients .Conclusion:Killip class is an independent predictor influencing recovering to normal AVNC in AMI +III°AVB patients .
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Objective:To define impact of spontaneous TIMI-3 flow before angioplasty on outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention strategy and the prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI ). Methods: The consecutive 301 patients enrolled in the ongoing register of emergent coronary angioplasty within 12 hours from symptoms who were diagnosed as having ST elevation AMI in our hospital from 2000 to 2006 were analyzed, they were followed up for one year and the clinical characteristics and survival rates were analysed. Results: Among the 301 patients enrolled in the ongoing register of emergent coronary angioplasty, spontaneous reperfusion (TIMI-3 flow) was present in 14.6% at initial angiography. Compared with patients without TIMI-3 flow, those with TIMI-3 flow before coronary intervention were less likely to present in new-onset heart failure(2.3% versus 16%, P=0.016), Patients with initial TIMI-3 flow had significantly lower 30-day mortality (0% versus 9.3%, P=0.035) , and cardiogenic shock (0%versus 8.6%, P=0.044) and had a shorter hospital stay (P=0.008). Cumulative 1-year mortality was 0% in patients with initial TIMI-3 flow, 11.3% with TIMI 0-2 flow (P=0.019). By COX regression analysis, postprocendural TIMI-3 flow was an independent determinant of survival (OR=0.285,P=0.004) , however,TIMI-3 flow before coronary intervention was not found as an independent determinant of survival significantly. The lenitive symptoms and current smoking were the independent determinants of TIMI-3 flow before coronary intervention (P=0.005, P=0.048, respectively).Conclusion: Patients undergoing primary percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention in whom TIMI-3 flow is present before angioplasty may present with greater clinical and angiographic evidence of myocardial salvage, be less likely to develop complications related to left ventricular failure, and improve early and late survival.