Comparison of Immediate With Delayed Stenting Using the Minimalist Immediate Mechanical Intervention Approach in
Loic Belle1, Pascal Motreff2, Lionel Mangin2
1From the Departments of Cardiology and Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Annecy-Genevois, Annecy, France (L. Belle, L.M., A.M.); Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France (P.M., G.S.); Department of Cardiology, Les Hôpitaux de Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France (G.R.); Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier de Vichy, Vichy, France (X.M., N.F.); Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier St Luc St Joseph, Lyon, France (O.D.); Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier de Cannes, Cannes, France (G.Z.); Department of Cardiology, Institut Mutualiste Monsouris, Paris, France (C.C., N.A.); Department of Cardiology, Hopital Nord, University hospital of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France (K.I.); Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Croix Rousse, Lyon, France (R.D.); Department of Cardiology, Clinique Saint Hilaire, Rouen, France (R.K.); Department of Cardiology, Clinique Convert, Bourg en Bresse, France (C.R.); Cardiovascular Institute, Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste, Grenoble, France (B.F.); Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universaitaire Marseille Nord, France (L. Bonello); Department of Cardiology, Hôpital de Valence, Valence, France (S.C.); Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Cardiologique, Lille university hospital, Lille, France (C.D.); Department of Cardiology, Hospital of Macon, Macon, France (F.C.); Department of Cardiology, Clinical Investigation Center, INSERM 1407, Hôpital Cardiovasculaire Louis Pradel, Lyon, France (N.M.); Clinical Investigation Centre, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France (C.G., J.L.B.); and Department of Radiology, Hôpital Nord, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France (M.V., P.C.). loic.belle@wanadoo.fr.
Background:
Delayed stent implantation after restoration of normal epicardial flow by a minimalist immediate mechanical intervention aims to decrease the rate of distal embolization and impaired myocardial reperfusion after percutaneous coronary intervention. We sought to confirm whether a delayed stenting (DS) approach (24-48 hours) improves myocardial reperfusion, versus immediate stenting, in patients with acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
Methods And Results:
In the prospective, randomized, open-label minimalist immediate mechanical intervention (MIMI) trial, patients (n=140) with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction ≤12 hours were randomized to immediate stenting (n=73) or DS (n=67) after Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 3 flow restoration by thrombus aspiration. Patients in the DS group underwent a second coronary arteriography for stent implantation a median of 36 hours (interquartile range 29-46) after randomization. The primary end point was microvascular obstruction (% left ventricular mass) on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging performed 5 days (interquartile range 4-6) after the first procedure. There was a nonsignificant trend toward lower microvascular obstruction in the immediate stenting group compared with DS group (1.88% versus 3.96%; P=0.051), which became significant after adjustment for the area at risk (P=0.049). Median infarct weight, left ventricular ejection fraction, and infarct size did not differ between groups. No difference in 6-month outcomes was apparent for the rate of major cardiovascular and cerebral events.
Conclusions:
The present findings do not support a strategy of DS versus immediate stenting in patients with ST-segment-elevation infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention and even suggested a deleterious effect of DS on microvascular obstruction size.
Clinical Trial Registration:
URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01360242.
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