ACS network-based implementation of therapeutic hypothermia for the treatment of comatose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors improves clinical outcomes: the first European experience

Table 2 Angiographic and procedural characteristics of the study participants undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in relation to the treatment with mild therapeutic hypothermia

Variable	Patients undergoing MTH procedure	Control group	p
	(n = 24)	(n = 27)
Coronary artery treated with PCI			ns
LM	0	2
LAD	16	19
Cx	8	8
AL	0	1
RCA	8	12
Number of coronary arteries treated with PCI			ns
single-vessel PCI	17	18
dual-vessel PCI	6	9
triple-vessel PCI	1	2
Number of lesions treated with PCI			ns
single-lesion PCI	13	14
dual-lesion PCI	9	12
triple-lesion PCI	2	1
Type of lesion treated with PCI according to the ACC/AHA classification			ns
B1	11	7
B2	11	9
C	15	25
Baseline flow in the culprit artery			ns
TIMI 0 or 1	15	20
TIMI 2	1	1
TIMI 3	8	7
Final flow in the culprit artery			ns
TIMI 0	0	1
TIMI 3	24	26
Number of stents implanted for patient			ns
0	0	2 ^#
1	10	12
2	8	8
3 or more	5	5
Type of implanted stent			ns
bare metal stent	42	48
drug-eluting stent	1	0
Total length of implanted stents per patient [mm]	33 (15–44)	33 (16–50)	ns
Diameter of implanted stent [mm]	3.3 (2.8-3.5)	3.0 (2.8-3.4)	ns
Therapy with abciximab	5 (20.8%)	5 (18.5%)	ns
Application of thrombectomy	6/24	3/27	ns
Door-to-balloon time * [minutes]	40.5 (31.5-68.5)	70.0 (32.0-81.0)	ns
Direct effect of PCI in the culprit lesion			ns
optimal	23	25
suboptimal	1	1
ineffective	0	1

^# One patient underwent exclusively plain old balloon angioblasty while another one had an unsuccessful attempt of PCI. * In case of multi-vessel PCI door-to-balloon time refers to the culprit lesion. ACC American College of Cardiology; AL Intermediate artery; AHA American Heart Association; Cx Circumflex artery; LAD Left anterior descending artery; LM Left main coronary artery; MTH Mild therapeutic hypothermia; PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA Right coronary artery.

ISSN: 1757-7241