Endovascular therapeutic hypothermia adjunctive to percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction: realistic simulation as a game changer
Luis Augusto Palma Dallan, Michael Dae, Natali Schiavo Giannetti, Tathiane Facholi Polastri, Marian Keiko Frossard Lima, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte, Ludhmila Abrahao Hajjar, Claudia Yanet Bernoche San Martin, Felipe Gallego Lima, Jose Carlos Nicolau, Mucio Tavares de Oliveira Jr, Luis Alberto Oliveira Dallan, Expedito Eustaquio Ribeiro da Silva, Roberto Kalil Filho, Alexandre Abizaid, Pedro Alves Lemos Neto, Sergio Timerman, Luis Augusto Palma Dallan, Michael Dae, Natali Schiavo Giannetti, Tathiane Facholi Polastri, Marian Keiko Frossard Lima, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte, Ludhmila Abrahao Hajjar, Claudia Yanet Bernoche San Martin, Felipe Gallego Lima, Jose Carlos Nicolau, Mucio Tavares de Oliveira Jr, Luis Alberto Oliveira Dallan, Expedito Eustaquio Ribeiro da Silva, Roberto Kalil Filho, Alexandre Abizaid, Pedro Alves Lemos Neto, Sergio Timerman
Abstract
Background: Endovascular therapeutic hypothermia (ETH) reduces the damage by ischemia/reperfusion cell syndrome in cardiac arrest and has been studied as an adjuvant therapy to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). New available advanced technology allows cooling much faster, but there is paucity of resources for training to avoid delays in door-to-balloon time (DTB) due to ETH and subsequently coronary reperfusion, which would derail the procedure. The aim of the study was to describe the process for the development of a simulation, training & educational protocol for the multidisciplinary team to perform optimized ETH as an adjunctive therapy for STEMI.
Methods and results: We developed an optimized simulation protocol using modern mannequins in different realistic scenarios for the treatment of patients undergoing ETH adjunctive to PCI for STEMIs starting from the emergency room, through the CathLab, and to the intensive care unit (ICU) using the Proteus® Endovascular System (Zoll Circulation Inc™, San Jose, CA, USA). The primary endpoint was door-to-balloon (DTB) time. We successfully trained 361 multidisciplinary professionals in realistic simulation using modern mannequins and sham situations in divisions of the hospital where real patients would be treated. The focus of simulation and training was logistical optimization and educational debriefing with strategies to reduce waste of time in patient's transportation from different departments, and avoiding excessive rewarming during transfer. Afterwards, the EHT protocol was successfully validated in a trial randomizing 50 patients for 18 minutes cooling before coronary recanalization at the target temperature of 32 ± 1.0 ∘C or PCI-only. A total of 35 patients underwent ETH (85.7% [30/35] in 90 ± 15 minutes), without delays in the mean door-to-balloon time for primary PCI when compared to 15 control group patients (92.1 minutes versus 87 minutes, respectively; p = 0.509).
Conclusions: Realistic simulation, intensive training and educational debriefing for the multidisciplinary team propitiated feasible endovascular therapeutic hypothermia as an adjuvant therapy to primary PCI in STEMI.
Clinicaltrials: gov: NCT02664194.
Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS); Coronary disease; Educational debriefing; Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); Simulation; Therapeutic hypothermia; Training.
Conflict of interest statement
Michael Dae is a consultant for ZOLL Circulation Inc (San Jose, CA, USA). None of the other authors have conflicts of interest related to this article.
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
Source: PubMed