In patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary PCI, liraglutide gave a higher salvage index than placebo at 3 months.
In plain wordsIn heart attack patients, liraglutide led to more rescued heart muscle than placebo at 3 months.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- IncreaseMyocardial salvage index at 3 months
- Study
n = 77
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 1.8 mg before intervention, then 0.6 mg for 2 days, 1.2 mg for 2 days, 1.8 mg for 3 days · subcutaneous · 7 days after the procedureAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Salvage index
- 0.66 index
- liraglutide
- Salvage index
- 0.55 index
- placebo
Source sentences
At 3 months, the primary end point, a higher salvage index was found in the liraglutide group than in the placebo group in 77 patients evaluated with cardiac magnetic resonance (0.66±0.14 versus 0.55±0.15; P=0.001).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
A total of 96 patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention were randomized to receive either subcutaneous liraglutide or placebo.
Study treatment was commenced 30 minutes before intervention (1.8 mg) and maintained for 7 days after the procedure (0.6 mg for 2 days, 1.2 mg for 2 days, followed by 1.8 mg for 3 days).