PMID: 32694225Jul 23, 2020Paper

Q-Waves Associated With Postinfarct Chronic Total Occlusion Arteries Predict Non-Viable Myocardium Even in the Presence of Collaterals.

The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Muhammad M ShaikhSunil K Nadar

Abstract

The presence of grade 3 collaterals is known to be associated with viability in the presence of a chronic total occlusion (CTO). However, it is not clear whether this holds true even in patients who had ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The aim of our study was to look at the viability of myocardium in patients with CTOs in both infarct-related and non-infarct related occluded vessels with grade 3 collaterals. We prospectively collected consecutive patients with CTOs who had good grade 3 collaterals and studied the viability of the myocardium in the segment perfused by these occluded arteries. Viability was assessed with a positron emission tomography (PET) scan with fluoro-deoxyglucose uptake. A total of 75 patients (60 men and 15 women; age, 61 ± 9 years) were included in the study; of these, 25 patients had a previous MI with Q-waves on the electrocardiogram. All 25 patients (100%) with a previous MI had non-viable myocardium, while those without a history of previous MI had viable myocardium on the PET scan. The overall left ventricular function or regional wall-motion abnormality did not have an influence on the viability. In the presence of previous STEMI, if the infarct-related artery is a CTO, the myoc...Continue Reading

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