Research Article

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

Table 2

Treatment and procedural characteristics.

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

Orotracheal intubation31 (67.4)23 (85)7 (37)0.06
Ventricular assistance device21 (45.6)11 (40)10 (53)0.4
IABP20 (43.5)11 (41)9 (47.4)0.65
ECMO3 (6.5)0 (0)3 (15.8)0.06
CPR31 (67.4)21 (78)10 (53)0.07
GP IIa/IIIb inhibitors22 (47.8)12 (44)15 (56)0.2
Vasoactive drugs41 (89.2)25 (96)15 (79)0.07

Angioplasty
Angiographic success37 (80.4)18 (67)19 (100)<0.001
Radial approach16 (34.8)6 (22)10 (53)0.03
Seven French catheter8 (17.4)2 (7)6 (32)0.05
LM stent deployed32 (69.6)15 (56)17 (90)0.01
LM bare metal stent7 (21.8)2 (13)5 (30)0.4
LM stent diameter (mm)3.5 ± 0.43.5 ± 0.53.5 ± 0.21
Complex LM technique6 (13)3 (11)3 (16)0.7
LM stent predilation15/32 (47)10 (67)13 (77)0.7
LM stent postdilation15/32(47)7 (47)8 (47)1
Thrombus aspiration19 (41.7)13 (48)6 (32)0.2
Intracoronary imaging5 (10.9)1 (4)4 (21)0.14
Contrast volume (ml)177 ± 132189 ± 161161 ± 870.6
Final TIMI flow2.2 ± 0.31.78 ± 0.42.8 ± 0.2<0.001
Final TIMI flow 323 (50)8 (30)19 (70)0.001

IABP: intra-aortic balloon pump; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; LM: left main.