ASSESSMENT OF MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION QUALITY IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AND ST SEGMENT ELEVATION, BASED ON THE CRITERIA BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY/AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

Aim. To use the criteria by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA), in order to assess the quality of myocar-dial reperfusion in Russian patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and ST segment elevation (STE-ACS).

Material and methods. We analysed the clinical data of 25682 patients with STE-ACS, who were treated (2010–2011) in Russian hospitals participating in the Russian ACS Registry. The following ACC/AHA indicators (2008) were used: “time to thrombolysis” — the percentage of STE-ACS patients who received thrombolysis within 30 minutes after admission; “time to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)” — the per-centage of STE-ACS patients in whom primary PCI started within 90 minutes after admission; and “reperfusion” — the percentage of STE-ACS patients who underwent any reperfusion intervention within 12 hours after the chest pain onset.

Results. Among 25682 STE-ACS patients, any reperfusion intervention (PCI and/or thrombolysis, in any order) were performed in 12043 (46,9%). Among 7437 STE-ACS patients who underwent thrombolysis, 5119 (69%) met the inclusion criteria. In this group, the indicator “time to thrombolysis” was met in 3342 patients (65,3%). Among 5405 STEACS patients who underwent PCI, 3993 (73,9%) met the inclusion criteria. In these patients, the indicator “time to primary PCI” was met in 2797 (70%). Finally, among 25135 (97,9%) patients with STE-ACS who were included in the analyses, the indicator “reperfusion” was met in 9800 (38,9%).

Conclusion. The main problem of the health care for Russian patients with STE-ACS is the limited reperfusion coverage. However, the reperfusion quality could be regarded as satisfactory. 

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