19 February 2018 : Clinical Research
Remote Ischemic Postconditioning (RIPC) of the Upper Arm Results in Protection from Cardiac Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Following Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) for Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
Bangming Cao1BDEF, Haipeng Wang1F, Chi Zhang1C, Ming Xia1C, Xiangjun Yang1A*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.908247
Med Sci Monit 2018; 24: CLR1017-1026
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of remote ischemic postconditioning (RIPC) of the upper arm on protection from cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury following primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Eighty patients with STEMI were randomized into two groups: primary PCI (N=44) and primary PCI+RIPC (N=36). RIPC consisted of four cycles of 5 minutes of occlusion and five minutes of reperfusion by cuff inflation and deflation of the upper arm, commencing within one minute of the first PCI balloon dilatation. Peripheral venous blood samples were collected before PCI and at 0.5, 8, 24, 48, and 72 hours after PCI. Levels of creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB), serum creatinine (Cr), nitric oxide (NO), and stromal cell-derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) were measured. The rates of acute kidney injury (AKI) and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were calculated.
RESULTS: Patients in the primary PCI+RIPC group, compared with the primary PCI group, had significantly lower peak CK-MB concentrations (P<0.01), a significantly increased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (P=0.01), a significantly lower rate of AKI (P<0.01) a significantly increased eGFR (P<0.01), and decreased area under the curve (AUC) of CK-MB, NO and SDF-1α.
CONCLUSIONS: RIPC of the upper arm following primary PCI in patients with acute STEMI might provide cardiac and renal protection from ischemia-reperfusion injury via the actions of SDF-1α, and NO.
Keywords: Myocardial Reperfusion, percutaneous coronary intervention
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