Aspiration thrombectomy reduced the risk of major adverse cardiac events (OR 0.86) and mortality (OR 0.85) compared to conventional PCI in STEMI patients, but showed a trend toward higher stroke risk.
Meta-Analysis (n=26,682)
Randomized
Yes
Does aspiration or mechanical thrombectomy reduce major adverse cardiac events compared to conventional PCI in patients with STEMI?
Aspiration thrombectomy during STEMI PCI may reduce mortality, MACE, and MI compared to conventional PCI, but with potential risks of stroke and stent thrombosis.
Effect estimate: OR 0.86 (95% CI 0.73-1.00)
BACKGROUND: The initial enthusiasm for thrombectomy during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients has given way to restraint. There has been some limited interest whether it is beneficial in a few selected subgroups. Hence, we performed a network meta-analysis to compare conventional PCI (cPCI), Aspiration or manual thrombectomy (AT) and Mechanical thrombectomy (McT) for clarification. METHODS: Electronic databases were searched for randomized studies that compared AT, McT, or cPCI. A network meta-analysis was performed and odd's ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals was generated for major adverse cardiac events (MACE), mortality, myocardial infarction (MI), target vessel revascularization (TVR), stent thrombosis (ST), stroke, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), myocardial blush grade (MBG) and ST segment resolution (STR). RESULTS: A total of 43 randomized trials (n = 26,682) were included. The risk of MACE (OR 0.86 95% CI 0.73-1.00), Mortality (OR 0.85 95% CI 0.73-0.99), MI (OR 0.65, 95% CI: 0.44-0.95) and TVR (OR 0.86, 95% CI: 0.74-1.00) were lower with AT compared to cPCI. The risk of ST and stroke was no different with the use of adjunctive AT. MBG, STR, and LVEF improved with the use of AT while the infarct size was no different in the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: Our comprehensive network meta-analysis suggests conflicting outcomes with AT. While Mortality, MACE, MI seem better, there is a suggestion that, Stroke and ST might be worse. Whether AT can still be pursued in any select cases should be further scrutinized.
Gajulapalli et al. (Thu,) conducted a meta-analysis in ST-Elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (n=26,682). Aspiration thrombectomy (AT) vs. Conventional percutaneous coronary intervention (cPCI) was evaluated on Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) (OR 0.86, 95% CI 0.73-1.00). Aspiration thrombectomy reduced the risk of major adverse cardiac events (OR 0.86) and mortality (OR 0.85) compared to conventional PCI in STEMI patients, but showed a trend toward higher stroke risk.