Impact of hypertension on mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary angioplasty: insights from the international multicenter ISACS-STEMI registry.


Journal

Journal of hypertension
ISSN: 1473-5598
Titre abrégé: J Hypertens
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8306882

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
14 Oct 2024
Historique:
received: 23 03 2024
accepted: 04 07 2024
medline: 24 10 2024
pubmed: 24 10 2024
entrez: 24 10 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Hypertension is the most prevalent cardiovascular risk factor, with several detrimental effects on the cardiovascular system. Contrasting results have been reported so far on its prognostic role in patients admitted for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Therefore, we investigated the impact of hypertension on short-term mortality in a large multicenter contemporary registry of STEMI patients, including patients treated during COVID-19 pandemic. The ISACS-STEMI COVID-19 was a retrospective registry that included STEMI patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between March and June of 2019 and 2020 in 109 high-volume primary PCI centers from 4 continents. We collected data on baseline, clinical and procedural characteristics, in-hospital outcome and 30-day mortality. For this analysis patients were grouped according to history of hypertension at admission. A total of 16083 patients were assessed, including 8813 (54.8%) with history of hypertension. These patients were more often elderly, with a worse cardiovascular risk profile, but were less frequently active smoker. Some procedural differences were observed between the two groups, including lower rate of thrombectomy and use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors or cangrelor but more extensive coronary disease in patients with hypertension. Between patients with and without hypertension, there was no significant difference in SARS-CoV-2 positivity. Hypertensive patients had a significantly higher in-hospital and 30-day mortality, similarly observed in both pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 era, and confirmed after adjustment for main baseline differences and propensity score (in-hospital mortality: adjusted odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] =1.673 [1.389-2.014], P < 0.001; 30-day mortality: adjusted hazard ratio (HR) [95% CI] = 1.418 [1.230-1.636], P < 0.001). This is one of the largest and contemporary study assessing the impact of hypertension in STEMI patients undergoing primary angioplasty, including also the COVID-19 pandemic period. Hypertension was independently associated with significantly higher rates of in-hospital and 30-day mortality.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Hypertension is the most prevalent cardiovascular risk factor, with several detrimental effects on the cardiovascular system. Contrasting results have been reported so far on its prognostic role in patients admitted for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Therefore, we investigated the impact of hypertension on short-term mortality in a large multicenter contemporary registry of STEMI patients, including patients treated during COVID-19 pandemic.
METHODS METHODS
The ISACS-STEMI COVID-19 was a retrospective registry that included STEMI patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between March and June of 2019 and 2020 in 109 high-volume primary PCI centers from 4 continents. We collected data on baseline, clinical and procedural characteristics, in-hospital outcome and 30-day mortality. For this analysis patients were grouped according to history of hypertension at admission.
RESULTS RESULTS
A total of 16083 patients were assessed, including 8813 (54.8%) with history of hypertension. These patients were more often elderly, with a worse cardiovascular risk profile, but were less frequently active smoker. Some procedural differences were observed between the two groups, including lower rate of thrombectomy and use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors or cangrelor but more extensive coronary disease in patients with hypertension. Between patients with and without hypertension, there was no significant difference in SARS-CoV-2 positivity. Hypertensive patients had a significantly higher in-hospital and 30-day mortality, similarly observed in both pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 era, and confirmed after adjustment for main baseline differences and propensity score (in-hospital mortality: adjusted odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] =1.673 [1.389-2.014], P < 0.001; 30-day mortality: adjusted hazard ratio (HR) [95% CI] = 1.418 [1.230-1.636], P < 0.001).
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
This is one of the largest and contemporary study assessing the impact of hypertension in STEMI patients undergoing primary angioplasty, including also the COVID-19 pandemic period. Hypertension was independently associated with significantly higher rates of in-hospital and 30-day mortality.

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pubmed: 39445586
doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003890
pii: 00004872-990000000-00562
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Auteurs

Giuseppe De Luca (G)

Division of Cardiology, AOU Policlinico G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy and Division of Cardiology, IRCCS Hospital Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio, Milan.

Matteo Nardin (M)

Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.

Magdy Algowhary (M)

Division of Cardiology, Assiut University Heart Hospital, Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt.

Berat Uguz (B)

Division of Cardiology, Bursa City Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.

Dinaldo C Oliveira (DC)

Pronto de Socorro Cardiologico Prof. Luis Tavares, Centro PROCAPE, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.

Vladimir Ganyukov (V)

Department of Heart and Vascular Surgery, State Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia.

Zan Zimbakov (Z)

University Clinic for Cardiology, Medical Faculty, Ss' Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia.

Miha Cercek (M)

Centre for Intensive Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Lisette Okkels Jensen (L)

Division of Cardiology, Odense Universitets Hospital, Odense, Denmark.

Poay Huan Loh (PH)

Department of Cardiology, National University Hospital, Singapore.

Lucian Calmac (L)

Clinic Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Romania.

Gerard Roura I Ferrer (G)

Interventional Cardiology Unit, Heart Disease Institute. Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain.

Alexandre Quadros (A)

Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre.

Marek Milewski (M)

Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Silezia, Katowice, Poland.

Fortunato Scotto D'Uccio (F)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale S. Giovanni Bosco, Napoli, Italy.

Clemens von Birgelen (C)

Department of Cardiology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Thoraxcentrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.

Francesco Versaci (F)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Santa Maria Goretti Latina, Italy.

Jurrien Ten Berg (J)

Division of Cardiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.

Gianni Casella (G)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Maggiore Bologna, Italy.

Aaron Wong Sung Lung (AWS)

Department of Cardiology, National Heart Center, Singapore.

Petr Kala (P)

University Hospital Brno, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic.

José Luis Díez Gil (JL)

H. Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain.

Xavier Carrillo (X)

Hospital Germans Triasi Pujol, Badalona, Spain.

Maurits Dirksen (M)

Division of Cardiology, Northwest Clinics Alkmaar, The Netherlands.

Victor M Becerra-Munoz (VM)

Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain.

Michael Kang-Yin Lee (MK)

Department of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Dafsah Arifa Juzar (DA)

Department of cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University of Indonesia National Cardiovascular Center "Harapan Kita", Jakarta.

Rodrigo de Moura Joaquim (R)

Instituto de Cardiologia de Santa Catarina Praia Comprida, São José, Brazil.

Roberto Paladino (R)

Division of Cardiology, Clinica Villa dei Fiori, Acerra, Italy.

Davor Milicic (D)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Centre, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.

Periklis Davlouros (P)

Invasive Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece.

Nikola Bakraceski (N)

Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Ohrid, North Macedonia.

Filippo Zilio (F)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Santa Chiara di Trento.

Luca Donazzan (L)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale "S. Maurizio" Bolzano Italy.

Adriaan Kraaijeveld (A)

Division of Cardiology, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Gennaro Galasso (G)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, Salerno, Italy.

Arpad Lux (A)

Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands.

Lucia Marinucci (L)

Division of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliera "Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord", Pesaro.

Vincenzo Guiducci (V)

Division of Cardiology, AUSL-IRCCS Reggio Emilia.

Maurizio Menichelli (M)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale "F. Spaziani", Frosinone.

Alessandra Scoccia (A)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale "Sant'Anna", Ferrara, Italy.

Aylin Hatice Yamac (AH)

Department of Cardiology, Hospital Bezmialem Vakif University İstanbul.

Kadir Ugur Mert (KU)

Division of Cardiology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.

Xacobe Flores Rios (X)

Complexo Hospetaliero Universitario La Coruna, La Coruna, Spain.

Tomas Kovarnik (T)

University Hospital Prague, Czech Republic.

Michal Kidawa (M)

Central Hospital of Medical University of Lodz, Poland.

Josè Moreu (J)

Division of Cardiology, ComplejoHospitalario de Toledo, Toledo, Spa in.

Vincent Flavien (V)

Division of Cardiology, Center Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France.

Enrico Fabris (E)

Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti Trieste, Italy.

Iñigo Lozano Martínez-Luengas (I)

Division of Cardiology, Hospital Cabueñes, Gijon, Spain.

Marco Boccalatte (M)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Santa Maria delle Grazie, Pozzuoli, Italy.

Francisco Bosa Ojeda (F)

Division of cardiology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Carlos Arellano-Serrano (C)

Division of Cardiology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Spain.

Gianluca Caiazzo (G)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale "G Moscati", Aversa.

Giuseppe Cirrincione (G)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Civico Arnas, Palermo, Italy.

Hsien-Li Kao (HL)

Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Tapei, Taiwan.

Juan Sanchis Forés (J)

Division of Cardiology, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Spain.

Luigi Vignali (L)

Interventional Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Sanitaria, Parma, Italy.

Helder Pereira (H)

Hospital Garcia de Orta, Cardiology Department, Pragal, Almada, Portugal.

Stephane Manzo (S)

Division of Cardiology, CHU Lariboisière, AP-HP, Paris VII University, INSERM UMRS 942, France.

Santiago Ordoñez (S)

Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Alev Arat Özkan (A)

Cardiology Institute, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Bruno Scheller (B)

Division of Cardiology, Clinical and Experimental Interventional Cardiology, University of Saarland, Germany.

Heidi Lehtola (H)

Division of Cardiology, Oulu University Hospital, Finland.

Rui Teles (R)

Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, CHLO - Nova Medical School, CEDOC, Lisbon, Portugal.

Christos Mantis (C)

Division of Cardiology, Konstantopoulion Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Ylitalo Antti (Y)

Division of Cardiology, Heart Centre Turku, Finland.

João António Brum Silveira (JA)

Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.

Rodrigo Zoni (R)

Department of Teaching and Research, Instituto de Cardiología de Corrientes "Juana F. Cabral", Argentina.

Ivan Bessonov (I)

Tyumen Cardiology Research Center, Russia.

Stefano Savonitto (S)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale "A. Manzoni" Lecco, Italy.

George Kochiadakis (G)

Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece.

Dimitrios Alexopulos (D)

Division of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Carlos E Uribe (CE)

Carlos E Uribe, Division of Cardiology, Universidad UPB, Universidad CES.Medellin, Colombia.

John Kanakakis (J)

Division of Cardiology, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Benjamin Faurie (B)

Division of Cardiology, Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble, France.

Gabriele Gabrielli (G)

Interventional Cardiolgy Unit IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy.

Alejandro Gutierrez Barrios (A)

Division of Cardiology, Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain.

Juan Pablo Bachini (JP)

Instituto de Cardiologia Integral, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Alex Rocha (A)

Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Interventions, Instituto Nacional de Cirugía Cardíaca, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Frankie Chor-Cheung Tam (FC)

Department of Cardiology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Alfredo Rodriguez (A)

Division of Cardiology, Otamendi Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Antonia Anna Lukito (AA)

Cardiovascular Department Pelita Harapan University/Heart Center Siloam Lippo Village Hospital, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia.

Veauthyelau Saint-Joy (V)

Center Hospitalier d'Antibes Juan Les Pins, Antibes, France.

Gustavo Pessah (G)

Division of Cardiology, Hospiatl Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina.

Guido Parodi (G)

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sassari, Italy.

Mohammed Abed Burgadha (MA)

Division of cardiology, Blida University Hospital, Blida, Algeria.

Elvin Kedhi (E)

Division of Cardiology, Hopital Erasmus, Universitè Libre de Bruxelles.

Pablo Lamelas (P)

Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Harry Suryapranata (H)

Division of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Monica Verdoia (M)

Division of Cardiology, Ospedale degli Infermi, ASL Biella, Italy.

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