ObjectivesToevaluatethefeasibilityandsafetyofdistalprotectiondevice(PercuSurge)duringpercutaneouscoronaryintervention(PCI)inpatientswithacutecoronarysyndrome.MethodsFromOctober2004toAugust2007,40patientswithhighriskacutecoronarysyndromewhoreceivedprimarycoronaryinterventionwereincludedinthisstudy.PatientswerepidedintotwogroupsaccordingtowhetherPercuSurgewasattemptedduringPCI.Thebasicclinicalcharacteristics,angiographicresults,andfollow-updatabeforedischargewerecompared.Coronaryarteriesbloodflowthrombolysisinmyocardialinfarction(TIMI)grade,TIMImyocardialperfusion(TMP)gradeandtherateofno-reflowwereperformedinallcasesafterPCI.ResultsTherewasnosignificantdifferencebetweenthetwogroupsinbasicclinicalcharacteristicsandangiographybeforePCI(P>0.05).AllpatientsunderwentPCIsuccessfullyinbothgroups.InthePercuSurgegroup,PCIwithPercuSurgeguardwireprotectionwasperformedsuccessfullyin18patients.TherewassignificantdifferencebetweenthetwogroupsinTIMI3flowsgainedintargetvesselsafterPCI.BetterpercentageofTMPgrade3oftargetvesselswasachievedinPercuSurgegroup.Lessno-reflowwerefoundinPercuSurgegroup.TherewerelowerpeaktroponinIandserumMBisoenzymeofcreatinekinaselevels,higherleftventricularejectionfractionandsmallerleftventricularend-diastolicdimensioninthePercuSurgegroupafterPCIatthedatebeforedischarge(P<0.05).TherewasnomajoradversecardiaceventsinPercuSurgegroup,onlyonepatientdiedinthecontrolgroup.ConclusionsThisstudydemonstratesthatusingthePercuSurgeGuardwiresystemduringPCIinhighriskacutecoronarysyndromepatientstopreventno-reflowisfeasibilityandsafety.
