SynthesisMedicine2015
Efficacy of Adenosine in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A PRISMA-Compliant Meta-Analysis.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Adenosine as an Adjunctive Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Immunomodulatory interventions in myocardial infarction and heart failure: a systematic review of clinical trials and meta-analysis of IL-1 inhibition.Cardiovascular research · 2018Pooled it
- Pharmacological and Interventional Prevention and Treatment of Microvascular Obstruction Following Primary PCI in STEMI.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Review
- Review
- Mechanism of Coronary Microcirculation Obstruction after Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardioprotective Strategies.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Adenosine in Interventional Cardiology: Physiopathologic and Pharmacologic Effects in Coronary Artery Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Hydrogel delivery of purinergic enzymes improves cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology · 2023Article
- Adenosine in Acute Myocardial Infarction-Associated Reperfusion Injury: Does it Still Have a Role?Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Review
- A Novel Biological Strategy for Myocardial Protection by Intracoronary Delivery of Mitochondria: Safety and Efficacy.JACC. Basic to translational science · 2019Article
- Inflammatory and Molecular Pathways in Heart Failure-Ischemia, HFpEF and Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Sigma-1 Receptor Stimulation with PRE-084 Ameliorates Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats.Chinese medical journal · 2018Article
- Effect of intracoronary agents on the no-reflow phenomenon during primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a network meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2018Review
- Myocardial preservation during primary percutaneous intervention: It's time to rethink?Indian heart journalArticle
- No reflow phenomenon in percutaneous coronary interventions in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.Indian heart journalReview
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Abstract
Whether adenosine offers cardioprotective effects when used as an adjunctive therapy for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains controversial.To evaluate, via meta-analysis, the efficacy of adenosine in patients with AMI undergoing PCI.Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.RCTs of patients with AMI undergoing primary PCI, comparing adenosine treatment and placebo groups and reporting mortality, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade, myocardial blush grade (MBG), re-infarction, left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), ST-segment elevation resolution (STR), recurrent angina, or heart failure (HF).Risk of bias was assessed by the Cochrane guidelines and publication bias by Egger's test. For studies reported in multiple publications, the most complete publication was used. Arms using different dosing schedules were merged. Mean differences (MDs) or risk ratios (RRs) were determined.Data were extracted from 15 RCTs involving 1736 patients. Compared with placebo, adenosine therapy was associated with fewer occurrences of heart failure (RR: 0.65, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.43-0.97, P[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]=[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]0.03) and no-reflow (TIMI flow grade <3, RR: 0.62, 95% CI: 0.45-0.85, P[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]=[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]0.003; MBG[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]=[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]0-1, RR: 0.81; 95% CI: 0.67-0.98, P[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]=[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]0.03), more occurrences of STR (RR: 1.19, 95% CI: 1.07-1.31, P[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]<[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]0.00001), but no overall improvement of LVEF (MD: 2.29, 95% CI: -0.09 to 4.67, P[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]=[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]0.06). Adenosine improved LVEF in the intravenous subgroup and the regular-dose intracoronary (IC) subgroup (0.24-2.25[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]mg) compared with placebo (MD: 2.68, 95% CI: 0.66-4.70, P[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]=[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]0.009). Adenosine was associated with a poorer LVEF in the high-dose (4-6[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]mg) IC subgroup (MD: -2.40; 95% CI: -4.72 to -0.09, P[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]=[REPLACEMENT CHARACTER]0.04). There was no significant evidence that adenosine reduced rates of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality or re-infarction after PCI.Adenosine dosage and administration routes, baseline profiles, and endpoints differed among included RCTs. Performance, publication, and reporting biases remain possible.Adenosine therapy appears to improve several outcomes in patients with AMI after PCI, but there is no evidence that adenosine can reduce mortality rates.
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