ObjectiveTo evaluate the association of pulse pressure (PP) with mortality and major
adverse cardiac events (MACE) in one-year period after anterior ST-elevation
myocardial infarction (A-STEMI).MethodsA total of 261 consecutive patients whose blood pressure was measured with
the aid of a catheter before primary percutaneous coronary intervention
(PPCI) between August 2016 and February 2017 were included in the study. The
patients were divided into three groups according to pulse pressure (PP)
(Group 1, PP<35 mmHg; Group 2, 35≤PP≤50 mmHg; Group 3,
PP>50 mmHg).ResultsThe mean age of the patients was 63.4±14.1 years, and 206 of them were
male. The groups were similar in terms of age and diastolic blood pressure
(DBP). The ratio of female patients in Group 1 was higher, and their
systolic blood pressure (SBP) was lower than those from the other groups
(P=0.005 vs.
P=0.042). The rates of MACE and mortality were higher in
Group 1. The predictive PP values were calculated to be 42.5 mmHg for
development of MACE and 41.5 mmHg for mortality. One-year survival ratio was
worse in Group 1 than in the others according to Kaplan-Meier analysis
(P<0.001).ConclusionThe values of PP which was measured intra-aortically in patients with A-STEMI
were associated with mortality and MACE in the one-year follow-up
period.