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Post‐procedural hemodiafiltration in acute coronary syndrome patients with associated renal and cardiac dysfunction undergoing urgent and emergency coronary angiography
Author(s) -
Marenzi Giancarlo,
Mazzotta Gianfranco,
Londrino Francesco,
Gistri Roberto,
Moltrasio Marco,
Cabiati Angelo,
Assanelli Emilio,
Veglia Fabrizio,
Rombolà Giuseppe
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.25694
Subject(s) - medicine , acute coronary syndrome , cardiology , ejection fraction , acute kidney injury , renal replacement therapy , incidence (geometry) , myocardial infarction , heart failure , physics , optics
Objectives We investigated the use of a 3‐hr treatment with hemodiafiltration, initiated soon after emergency or urgent coronary angiography in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients with associated severe renal and cardiac dysfunction. Background Patients with ACS and severe combined renal and cardiac dysfunction have a particularly high mortality risk. In them, the ideal strategy to both optimize treatment of coronary disease and minimize renal injury risk is currently unknown. Methods This was an interventional study. ACS patients (STEMI and NSTEMI) with associated severe renal (eGFR ≤30 ml/min/1.73 m 2 ) and cardiac (LVEF ≤40%) dysfunction, admitted at La Spezia Hospital <24 hr from symptoms onset, underwent a prophylactic 3‐hr hemodiafiltration treatment, which was started soon after urgent or emergency coronary procedure. Controls were patients matched for age, gender, Mehran's risk score, and kind of ACS, admitted at the Centro Cardiologico Monzino Milan. In‐hospital and 1‐year outcomes were evaluated. Results Sixty patients (30% STEMI), 30 hemodiafiltration‐treated patients and 30 controls, with similar baseline characteristics, were included. In‐hospital and cumulative 1‐year mortality rates were significantly lower in hemodiafiltration‐treated patients than in controls (3% vs. 23%; P = 0.05, and 10% vs. 53%; P < 0.001, respectively). Moreover, they had a lower incidence of severe AKI (10% vs. 40%; P = 0.015) and lower need for rescue renal replacement therapy during hospitalization (7% vs. 27%; P = 0.04). Conclusions Our pilot study suggests that, in ACS patients with severe renal and cardiac insufficiency, treatment with an aggressive prophylactic hemodiafiltration session after urgent or emergency coronary angiography seems to be associated with a relevant improvement in survival. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.