Research Article

Primary Angioplasty in a Catastrophic Presentation: Acute Left Main Coronary Total Occlusion—The ATOLMA Registry

Table 1

Clinical and angiographic characteristics.

Overall (n = 46)In-hospital mortality
Yes (n = 27)No (n = 19)

Age, y (SD)62.8 ± 1265 ± 559 ± 4.80.1
Male, n (%)36 (78)20 (74)16 (84)0.5
Diabetes, n (%)7 (15.2)6 (22)1 (5)0.2
Hypertension, n (%)16 (34.8)7 (37)9(33)0.8
Dyslipidemia, n (%)12 (26.1)9 (33)3 (16)0.2
Smoking, n (%)23 (50)12 (44)11 (58)0.3
Prior IC (%)3 (6.5)3 (11)0 (0)0.25

Presentation (%)
Cardiogenic shock41 (89)26 (96)15 (79)0.08
Heart rate (bpm)106.5 ± 15109 ± 14102 ± 150.2
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)70.5 ± 2067 ± 1775.5 ± 240.3
Cardiac arrest at presentation8 (17.4)4 (15)4 (21)0.5
Ventricular tachyarrhythmia17 (37)10 (37)7 (37)1
TIMI flow 0 at presentation100%27 (100)19 (100)1
Multivessel disease21 (45.7)11 (41)11 (58)0.37
Right coronary disease9 (19.6)4 (15)5 (26)0.45
Right coronary dominance46 (100%)27 (100)19 (100)1
Rentrop 017/23 (74)15 (79)2 (50)0.2
Symptom to balloon187 ± 51208.5 ± 81158 ± 490.3
FMC to balloon117 ± 52139.7 ± 9087.7 ± 190.3

Data available from 23 patients. IC: ischemic cardiopathy; OTI: orotracheal intubation; CC: collateral circulation; FMC: first medical contact.