Clinical Outcomes of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction Patients with Right Bundle Branch Block
Naveed Ahmed Shaikh, Shahbaz Ali Shah, Ghulam Jaffar Shah, Mir Fahad Hussain Talpur, Ashok Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Moiz Ahmed, Syed Taimour Hussain, Ayesha Samad
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ABSTRACT
Objective: The present
study evaluated the outcome of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in
individuals with anterior wall myocardial infarction and right bundle branch
block.
Methods: A prospective
observational study was done at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases
(NICVD), Karachi. Patients of this study were of age ≥ 40 years to 80 years,
presenting with anterior wall myocardial infarction and right bundle branch
block. Patients with a history of cardiac surgery were excluded from the study.
All procedures were performed by the consultant with an experience of more than
5 years. Post procedure patients were observed for the occurrence of all cause
in-hospital mortality (within 48 hours). Data analysis was performed on the
statistical package for software sciences (SPSS version 26).
Results: 171 patients
were included in the study and a mean age of 61.1 ± 9.79 years was recorded.
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) was found in 63 patients (36.8%), hypertension in 56
(32.7%), 38 (22.2%) were current smokers. Obesity was found in 41 (35%)
patients and family history of ischemic heart disease (IHD) was present in 63
(36.8%) patients. Mortality in hospitalized patients occurred in 15 cases
(8.8%). The in-hospital mortality was not associated with age, gender, DM,
hypertension, smoking, obesity and family history of IHD.
Conclusion: The study
indicates that Primary PCI is linked with satisfactory patient results for the
management of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) and Right Bundle Branch Block
(RBBB). Known risk factors such as increasing age, diabetes mellitus, and
obesity did not significantly increase risk of in-hospital mortality.
Keywords: Acute
coronary syndrome, Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, right bundle
branch block (RBBB)