Protected effect of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty on cardiac function in diabetes patients with acute myocardial infarction

Objective It is to study the protected effect of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) on cardiac function in diabetes patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at emergency treatment.Methods 45 type-2 diabetic patients with AMI who had underwent emergency PTCA (PTCA group) and 48 type-2 diabetic patients with AMI without who had not underwent emergency PTCA (no-PTCA group) were compared. The cardiac function classification (Killip classification) at hospitalizing, hospitalization after 24 hours and three months after AMI and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) at three months after AMI in the two groups was observed respectively.Results The difference of the Killip classification at hospitalizing between the two groups was not marked. The Killip classification at hospitalization after 24 hours and three months after AMI and LVEF at three months after AMI in PTCA group were significant improved compared with those in no-PCTA group.Conclusion Emergency PTCA can better protect the cardiac function in diabetes patients with AMI.