Inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting bronchodilator treatment mitigates STEMI clinical presentation in COPD patients.
Eur J Intern Med
; 47: 82-86, 2018 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Patients with myocardial infarction and concomitant COPD are at increased risk of poor clinical outcomes, including death, as compared to patients without COPD.AIM:
To investigate and compare the severity of the clinical presentation of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and of the short-(7days) and long-term-(end of follow up) mortality in COPD patients treated with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)/long-acting bronchodilator (LABD) - either long-acting beta2 agonist (LABA) or long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) - vs. any other inhaled treatments.METHODS:
Data from the REAL (Registro Angioplastiche dell'Emilia-Romagna) Registry were obtained from a large prospective study population of 11,118 patients admitted to hospital for STEMI.RESULTS:
From January 2003 to June 2009 we identified 2032 COPD patients admitted to hospital for STEMI. Eight hundred and twenty (40%) COPD patients were on ICS/LABD treatment (of which 55% on ICS/LABA) prior to admission. After adjustment for potential confounding factors, ICS/LABD treatment before STEMI was an independent predictor of reduced risk of pulmonary oedema and cardiogenic shock (OR 0.5, 95%CI 0.3-0.72, p<0.01; OR 0.7, 95%CI 0.4-0.9, p=0.03, respectively). ICS/LABD treatment was associated to reduced 7-days mortality (OR 0.54, 95%CI 0.29-0.98, p=0.045) compared to other inhaled regimens. ICS/LABD-treated did not affect long-term (median 4years) mortality. After hospital discharge, the proportion of ICS/LABD treated patients decreased significantly at 6months and afterwards after the STEMI episode.CONCLUSION:
Our data provide preliminary evidence that in COPD patients ICS/LABD treatment reduces the severity of STEMI acute-phase clinical manifestations compared to other inhaled treatments.Key words
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Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM:
Terapias_biologicas
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Peloideterapia
Main subject:
Bronchodilator Agents
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
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ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur J Intern Med
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy