Predrag M. Mitrovic, Branislav Stefanović, Mina Radovanović, Nebojša Radovanović, Dubravka Rajic, Gordana M. Matić, Ida Subotić, Nenad Mitrović, The POP Study Group
Abstract
The primary aim of the POP study (PostOperative Prognosis study) is analyze, follow-up and making scores using clinical, angiographic, and procedural variables available 30-day after intervention. The aim of this substudy was to analyze influence of TT after 29 years of follow-up period in pts with AMI after previous CABS who were randomized to either treatment with TT or conventional therapy. Methods: From April 1988 to January 2017 we studied 2618 pts, who developed AMI after CABS, mean age 60.2±3.1 years, mainly men (84.5%). The pts with early perioperative AMI were excluded from the study. The average time interval from CABS to AMI was 92.3±6.0 months. The average number of grafts was 3.1 grafts/pts. All pts were divided in two groups: group I - 953/2618 (36.4%) allocated to TT and group II - 1665/2618 (63.6%) conventionally treated pts. Results: Reinfarction and repeated CABS were more frequently after TT. On 5-year follow-up periods, after 29-year approximately 27% of the pts was free of subsequent cardiac events. The cumulative 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25-year survival rates were 92%, 78%, 68%, 48%, 52% and 44% in pts treated with TT and 83%, 68%, 51%, 43%, 38% and 40% in the control group, respectively (p<0.05). Significant determinants of mortality in multivariate proportional hazards analysis were elderly age, diabetes, previous AMI, indicators of impaired residual left ventricular function and multivessel disease.