Cardiac troponin I levels and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes: The potential role of early percutaneous revascularization

Shmuel Fuchs, Ran Kornowski, Roxana Mehran, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D. Pichard, Kenneth M. Kent, Mun K. Hong, Steve Slack, Gregg W. Stone, Martin B. Leon

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To establish the role of early catheter-based coronary intervention among patients sustaining acute coronary syndromes (ACS) stratified according to admission plasma troponin I (Tn-I) levels. BACKGROUND: The impact of early revascularization strategy on the clinical outcomes in patients with ACS stratified by plasma Tn-I levels has not been established. METHODS: In-hospital complications and long-term outcomes were assessed in 1,321 consecutive patients with non-ST elevation ACS undergoing early (within 72 h) catheter-based coronary interventions. Patients were grouped according to admission Tn-I levels. Group I (n = 1,099) had no elevated plasma Tn-I (<0.15 ng/ml), Group II (n = 95) had Tn-I level between 0.15 to 0.45 ng/ml and Group III (n = 127) had Tn-I > 0.45 ng/ml. In- hospital composite cardiac events (death, Q-wave MI, urgent in- hospital revascularization) and 8 months clinical outcomes (death, MI, repeat revascularization or any cardiac event) were compared between the three groups. RESULTS: The rate of in- hospital composite cardiac events was 6.1% among patients with Tn-I > 0.45 ng/ml, 1.0% in patients with Tn-I between 0.15-0.45 ng/ml and 3.1% in patients without elevated admission Tn-I (p = 0.09 between groups). There was no difference in hospital mortality (p = 0.25). At eight months of follow-up, there was no difference in out-of-hospital death (3.5%, 3.8% and 1.8%, p = 0.17, respectively), MI (2.6%, 3.8% and 2.9%, p = 0.94) or target lesion revascularization (9.0%, 8.3% and 11.5%, p = 0.47), and cardiac event-free survival was also similar between groups (p = 0.66). By multivariate analysis, Tn-I > 0.45 ng/ml was independently associated with in-hospital composite cardiac events [odds ratio (OR) = 2.4, p = 0.04] but not with out-of- hospital clinical events up to eight months. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with ACS, early (within 72 h) catheter-based coronary intervention may attenuate the adverse prognostic impact of admission Tn-I elevation during eight months of follow-up despite a trend towards increased in-hospital composite cardiac events.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1704-1710
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume34
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 1999

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