Immediate versus staged complete myocardial revascularization in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease: A post hoc analysis of the randomized FLOWER-MI trial

Victoria Tea, Jean François Morelle, Romain Gallet, Guillaume Cayla, Gilles Lemesle, Thibault Lhermusier, Jean Guillaume Dillinger, Grégory Ducrocq, Denis Angouvant, Yves Cottin, Chekrallah Chamandi, Alicia le Bras, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Gilles Montalescot, Anaïs Charles Nelson, Tabassome Simon, Gilles Chatellier, Nicolas Danchin, Etienne Puymirat, for the FLOWER-MI Study Investigators

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Abstract

Background: In patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease, percutaneous coronary intervention for non-culprit lesions is superior to treatment of the culprit lesion alone. The optimal timing for non-infarct-related artery revascularization – immediate versus staged – has not been investigated adequately. Aim: We aimed to assess clinical outcomes at 1 year in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with multivessel disease using immediate versus staged non-infarct-related artery revascularization. Methods: Outcomes were analysed in patients from the randomized FLOWER-MI trial, in whom, after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention, non-culprit lesions were assessed using fractional flow reserve or angiography during the index procedure or during a staged procedure during the initial hospital stay, ≤ 5 days after the index procedure. The primary outcome was a composite of all-cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction and unplanned hospitalization with urgent revascularization at 1 year. Results: Among 1171 patients enrolled in this study, 1119 (96.2%) had complete revascularization performed during a staged procedure, and 44 (3.8%) at the time of primary percutaneous coronary intervention. During follow-up, a primary outcome event occurred in one of the patients (2.3%) with an immediate strategy and in 55 patients (4.9%) with a staged strategy (adjusted hazard ratio 1.44, 95% confidence interval 0.39–12.69; P = 0.64). Conclusions: Staged non-infarct-related artery complete revascularization was the strategy preferred by investigators in practice in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with multivessel disease. This strategy was not superior to immediate revascularization, which, in the context of this trial, was used in a small proportion of patients. Further randomized studies are needed to confirm these observational findings.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)496-504
Number of pages9
JournalArchives of Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume115
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Acute myocardial infarction
  • Fractional flow reserve
  • Multivessel disease

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