急性心肌梗死患者焦虑抑郁状态分析

目的:探讨急性心肌梗死(acute myocardial infarction,AMI)患者焦虑抑郁状态及相关影响因素。方法:连续入选2011年1月至2012年1月我院心内科住院的AMI患者214例,采用综合医院焦虑抑郁评分量表对所有患者行心理测评,评价焦虑抑郁状态的发生率,对年龄、性别、医保类型及合并疾病等影响因素进行分析。结果:214例患者中,焦虑73例,占34.1%;抑郁患者63例,占29.4%;焦虑抑郁共50例,占23.4%。女性患者、报销比例≤40%者焦虑发生率更高,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05);女性、报销比例≤40%者、合并糖尿病者抑郁发生率更高,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。Lo-gistic回归分析发现,女性是发生焦虑抑郁的影响因素;抑郁的影响因素还包括报销比例≤40%和合并糖尿病史。结论:AMI并发焦虑抑郁状态,为多种影响因素共同作用结果。对于此类患者,应引起临床医师重视,尽早给予心理干预,改善预后。     

Cardiac troponin T as a marker for myocardial ischemia in patients seen at the emergency department for acute chest pain.

BACKGROUND: Identification of patients with acute chest pain at high risk for cardiovascular complications is a common and difficult challenge for clinicians and must be based initially on data from the history, physical examination, electrocardiogram, and chest radiograph. Some data suggest that elevations in cardiac troponin T (cTnT) may be useful for detection of less severe degrees of myocardial injury that may occur in some patients with unstable angina. Therefore we designed a prospective follow-up study to assess the diagnostic performance and prognostic value of cTnT in a population of patients presenting to the emergency department with acute chest pain. METHODS: The patient population included all 1477 admitted patients aged 30 years or more who presented to the emergency department of an urban teaching hospital from October 1992, through February 1994, with a chief symptom of acute chest pain not explained by trauma or chest radiograph abnormalities. The 1303 patients (88%) who had 2 or more measurements of cTnT during the first 24 hours after presentation comprised the final study population. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and receiver operator characteristics curve (ROC) were determined for cTnT and creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) (measured using activity and mass assays) data from the first 24 hours after admission for the outcomes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and major cardiac events during the first 72 hours of hospitalization. RESULTS: The sensitivity and specificity of cTnT (threshold of 0.1 ng/mL) for detecting AMI during the first 24 hours after presentation were 99% and 86%, respectively. The CK-MB activity and mass assays had diagnostic performance for detecting AMI similar to cTnT. Among patients who did not meet study criteria for AMI, cTnT was elevated during the first 24 hours in 31% of patients who had major complications, compared with a 17% rate for the CK-MB activity assay and a 3% rate for the CK-MB mass assay. In these patients, the cTnT assay had superior diagnostic performance compared with the CK-MB mass assay as a marker for cardiac complications as assessed with ROC analysis (P <.0004). CONCLUSIONS: In a heterogeneous population of patients seen in the emergency department with acute chest pain, cTnT was similar to CK-MB (activity and mass assays) for detection of AMI and superior to the CK-MB mass assay as a marker for major cardiac events early in the hospital course among those who were ruled out for an AMI. Further study is required to determine how this assay can be used to provide more appropriate, cost-effective care.     

cTnT在判断急性心肌梗死及不稳定型心绞痛预后中的价值

目的 :探讨心肌肌钙蛋白 T（c Tn T）对急性心肌梗死 （AMI）诊断及评估不稳定型心绞痛 （U AP）预后的临床价值。方法 :对 76例胸痛患者进行入院即刻血浆 c Tn T半定量、同步心肌酶学定量测定 ,观察对比 c Tn T与心肌酶学在诊断 AMI及评估 U AP患者预后中的特异性和敏感性。结果 :76例胸痛患者中 AMI 34例、U AP 2 7例、稳定劳力性心绞痛 8例、其它胸痛疾患 7例。AMI34例 c Tn T全部阳性 ,而 U AP2 3例和其余病例 c Tn T均为阴性。AMI患者同步 CK,AST升高者 2 8例 ,L DH升高者 30例。c Tn T与心肌酶学差异未达显著水平 （P>0 .0 5 ） ,但发病 2～ 5 h者 10例 ,心肌酶各项均正常 ,与 c Tn T对比有高度显著性差异 （P<0 .0 1） ;发病 5～ 11d者 6例 ,仅 2例 L DH还表现出升高外 ,其余心肌酶均正常 ,与 c Tn T对比有显著性差异 （P<0 .0 5 ） ;发病 5～ 12 0 h者相差均不显著 （P>0 .0 5 ）。在 2 7例 U AP患者中 ,c Tn T阳性组 AMI和难治性心绞痛发生率显著高于 c Tn T阴性组 （P<0 .0 1） ;c Tn T阴性组药物疗效好 ,近期心脏事件发生率低 ,与 c Tn T阳性组对比亦有高度显著性差异 （P<0 .0 1）。结论 :c Tn T是反映心肌细胞损伤灵敏性、特异性均较好的生化指标 ;c Tn T对诊断早期和晚期 AMI的价值高于心肌酶学 ;c Tn T阳性     

3种心肌标志物在急性心肌梗死早期诊断中的价值

目的探讨肌钙蛋白T(cTnT)、肌酸激酶同工酶(CK-MB)、肌红蛋白(MYO)3种心肌标志物检测对急性心肌梗死(AMI)早期诊断的价值。方法用胶体金免疫层析法测定120例心肌梗死患者的3种血清心肌标志物的浓度,比较其对AMI诊断的性能价值。结果 120例心肌梗死患者在胸痛发作6h内检测cTnT、CK-MB和MYO的敏感率分别是81.4%、60.5%和97.7%,以MYO浓度升高最快,出现最早;发病6h～24h内检测cTnT、CK-MB和MYO的敏感率分别是99.0%、79.4%和79.0%,以cTnT浓度最稳定;在发病8h内检测cTnT、CK-MB和MYO的敏感性分别为91.0%、70.0%和99.0%,特异性分别为100%、91.0%和79.0%;漏诊率分别是9.0%、30.0%和1.0%;误诊率分别是0、9.0%和21.0%。结论 cTnT在AMI早期诊断中具有较高的敏感性、特异性和准确性,是早期诊断AMI的"金指标",MYO可作为AMI的过筛,三者结合可提高早期AMI的诊断率,并有助于病情的分析。     

Changes in hospitalization rate and mortality after acute myocardial infarction in Denmark after diagnostic criteria and methods changed.

AIMS: To analyse the effect of the change in diagnostic criteria for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and the use of troponin as a diagnostic marker on the hospitalization rate and mortality of hospitalized AMI patients from 1994 to 2001. METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients (> or =30 years) admitted for their first AMI were identified using the National Patient Registry in Denmark. We registered when each hospital introduced troponin as a diagnostic marker. The reported hospitalization rate decreased until 1998 and then increased substantially from 1999 to 2001 from 3472 to 4163 per million inhabitants (19.9%) for men and from 1648 to 2020 per million inhabitants (22.6%) for women. Troponin use was associated with a significant 14% increase in hospitalization rate in this period [rate ratio 1.14, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.11-1.18]. The effect of troponin was greatest among patients 70 years and older (rate ratio 1.19, 95% CI 1.14-1.23). The 28 day mortality decreased steadily from 25.9% in 1994 to 17.5% in 2002 (32.4%) and was not affected by troponin use. CONCLUSION: The reported hospitalization rate for AMI increased significantly after the new diagnostic criteria for AMI were introduced. The measurement of cardiac troponins further increased the hospitalization rate. The mortality among hospitalized patients with AMI declined steadily and was not affected by the use of troponins.     

Midregional pro-A-type natriuretic peptide for diagnosis and prognosis in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction

We hypothesized that midregional pro-A-type natriuretic peptide (MR-proANP), the stable midregional epitope of proANP, might be useful in the early diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In this multicenter study we measured MR-proANP, cardiac troponin T (cTnT), and high-sensitive cTnT (hs-cTnT) at presentation in 675 consecutive patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected AMI. The final diagnosis was adjudicated by 2 independent cardiologists. Patients were followed 360 days for mortality and AMI. AMI was the final diagnosis in 119 patients (18%). Median MR-proANP levels at presentation were significantly higher in patients with AMI (189 pmol/L, interquartile range 97 to 341) versus patients with another final diagnosis (83 pmol/L, 49 to 144, p <0.001). However, neither the combination of MR-proANP with cTnT nor its combination with hs-cTnT significantly improved diagnostic accuracy as quantified by area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (0.91 vs 0.89 for cTnT alone, p = 0.086; 0.95 vs 0.96 for hs-cTnT, respectively, p = 0.02). Cumulative 360-day mortality/AMI rates were 2.4% in the first, 3.6% in the second, 9.5% in the third, and 18.8% in the fourth quartiles of MR-proANP (p <0.001). MR-proANP (area under the curve 0.76) predicted mortality/AMI independently of and more accurately than cTnT (area under the curve 0.62), hs-cTnT (area under the curve 0.71), and Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction risk score (area under the curve 0.72). Net reclassification improvements offered by the additional use of MR-proANP were 0.388 (p <0.001), 0.425 (p <0.001), and 0.217 (p = 0.007), respectively. In conclusion, MR-proANP improves risk prediction for 360-day mortality/AMI but does not seem to help in the early diagnosis of AMI.     

Management and outcome of acute myocardial infarction in older patients in the thrombolytic era

OBJECTIVE: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in older patients. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of unselected admissions with AMI that is older than 75 years and to examine management and outcomes in this group. DESIGN: An historical cohort study of consecutive unselected admissions with AMI identified using the Hospital In Patient Enquiry (HIPE) database and validated according to MONICA criteria for definite or probable AMI. SETTING: An acute cardiac unit in a university teaching hospital/cardiac tertiary referral center. RESULTS: Of 1059 patients, 606 (57%) were older than 65 years and 309 (29.2%) were older than 75 years. Mean age in this group was 80.5 years. Hospital mortality was almost twice as high as in patients younger than 75 years (28% vs 15%, P < .001), and age was an independent predictor of short- and long-term mortality following AMI. Women constituted a significantly higher proportion of older patients. Family history of AMI and cigarette smoking were less prevalent in older patients. Mean cholesterol was lower and comorbidities were higher. Other baseline characteristics, including previous AMI, did not differ. However older patients were less likely to receive thrombolysis (13% vs 36%, P < .001), aspirin (76% vs 86%, P < .01), or beta-blockers (25% vs 51%, P < .001) and were less likely to undergo cardiac catheterization or revascularization. Only 53% were admitted to coronary care. CONCLUSION: Patients more than age 75 comprise almost one-third of patients with AMI and have a poor prognosis. Although age is an independent predictor of mortality following AMI, suboptimal management may contribute to the high mortality in these patients.     

心脏肌钙蛋白T在急性心肌梗死中的应用价值

目的 探讨血清肌钙蛋白T(cTnT)在急性心肌梗死(AMI)后的释放特点及其对AMI溶栓后的疗效判定。方法 采用酶联免疫法对28例AMI患者进行动态血清cTnT观察,同时测定CK及CK-MB。结果 溶栓2小时阳性率为67.9％、发病8小时至5天为100％、发病7、9、11、13、15、17、19天分别为92.9％、82.1％、67、9％、60.7％、39.3％、21.4％、7.1％。明显比CK和CK-MB持续时间长。cTnT诊断急性心肌梗死的敏感性为100％。溶性再通组15例呈双峰曲线,4例呈单峰曲线,双峰者首峰与次峰比大于2,单峰都在24小时以内出现。未通组双峰3例,单峰6例,双峰者首峰与次峰比不大于2,单峰多在4～5天内出现。把首峰与次峰之比(或第24小时内峰值与第4日峰值之比)大于2,作为溶栓再通指标的敏感性为89.5％,特异性为100％。结论 血清中cTnT动态变化对AMI的诊断及溶栓治疗效果的评定均有一定的价值。     

Communitywide trends in the use and outcomes associated with beta-blockers in patients with acute myocardial infarction: the Worcester Heart Attack Study

BACKGROUND: Despite the benefits associated with beta-blocker therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), limited recent data are available describing the extent of use of this therapy and the associated hospital and long-term outcomes, particularly from the perspective of a population-based study. Data are also limited about the characteristics of patients with AMI who do not receive beta-blockers. This study examines more than 2 decades of trends in the use of beta-blockers in hospitalized patients with AMI. METHODS: Communitywide study of 10,374 patients hospitalized with confirmed AMI in all metropolitan Worcester hospitals during 12 annual periods between 1975 and 1999. RESULTS: There was a marked increase in the use of beta-blockers in hospitalized patients between 1975 (11%) and 1999 (82%). Older patients, women, and patients with comorbidities were significantly less likely to be treated with beta-blockers. After controlling for other prognostic factors, patients treated with beta-blockers were less likely to develop heart failure (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 0.58; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.53-0.63), cardiogenic shock (OR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.39-0.54), and primary ventricular fibrillation (OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.65-1.08) and were less likely to die (OR, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.22-0.29) during hospitalization than were patients who did not receive this therapy. Patients who used beta-blockers during hospitalization had significantly lower death rates after hospital discharge. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this observational study demonstrate encouraging trends in the use of beta-blockers in hospitalized patients with AMI and document the benefits to be gained from this treatment.     

床边快速肌钙蛋白T测定对急性胸痛患者诊断的价值

目的评价床边快速心肌肌钙蛋白T(cTnT)检测对以急性胸痛症状住院或转科的患者诊断的价值。方法采用床边快速心肌肌钙蛋白T测定仪(CARDIACREADER)测定502例以急性胸痛症状入院或转入心内科的患者入院即刻、6h、12h的cTnT水平,同时测定患者的心肌肌钙蛋白I(cTnI)、肌酸磷酸激酶(CK)及其同功酶(CK-MB)水平。以心电图出现急性心肌梗死(AMI)的动态改变和(或)CK-MB和TnI同时升高诊断为心肌梗死,计算床边快速cTnT诊断急性心肌梗死的特异性、敏感性、阴性预测价值和阳性预测价值。结果502例急性胸痛患者,cTnT阳性160例(31.9%),cTnT阴性323例(64.3%),19例弱阳性。139例cTnT阳性患者发生AMI,7例cTnT阴性的患者发生AMI。床边快速cTnT对以急性胸痛症状住院或转科的患者诊断AMI的特异性为93.8%、敏感性为95.2%、阳性预测价值为86.9%、阴性预测价值为97.8%。结论床边快速肌钙蛋白T测定可以迅速准确地在急性胸痛患者中识别或排除AMI患者,具有重要的诊断价值。     

Cardiac troponin T monitoring identifies high-risk group of normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Indications for thrombolysis in normotensive patients with pulmonary embolism (PE), based on the presence of right ventricular (RV) overload during transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), are controversial. We checked whether the monitoring of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) might help in risk stratification by detecting patients with RV myocardial injury. Patients and design: We studied 64 normotensive patients (30 women and 34 men) with a mean (+/- SD) age of 61.3 +/- 17 years and PE, who had undergone TTE for the assessment of RV overload. Plasma cTnT levels were measured quantitatively (detection limit, > 0.01 ng/mL) at hospital admission, and subsequently three times at 6-h intervals. Heparin therapy alone was used in 87.5% of patients, while 12.5% of patients received thrombolysis. RESULTS: cTnT was detected in 50% of patients. All eight in-hospital deaths occurred in the troponin-positive group, however, in one case the results of the first three assays had been negative. Elevated plasma cTnT increased the risk of PE-related death (odds ratio [OR], 21; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2 to 389). Increased age and elevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity, but not RV diameter/left ventricle diameter ratio, influenced the hospital mortality rate. Increased cTnT level was the only parameter predicting 15 in-hospital clinical adverse events (ie, death, thrombolysis, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and IV use of catecholamine agents) [OR, 24.1; 95% CI, 2.9 to 200]. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with PE and elevated cTnT levels detected during repetitive assays are at a significant risk of a complicated clinical course and fatal outcome.     

心肌肌钙蛋白诊断和除外急性心肌梗死界限值的探讨

目的:探讨心肌肌钙蛋白(cTn)诊断和除外急性心肌梗死(AMI)的界限值。方法:因心血管疾病住院及尿毒症透析患者共334例,分为AMI组30例、心绞痛组90例、心力衰竭组56例、心律失常组41例、高血压组97例、尿毒症组20例。入院次日清晨空腹抽取血标本,同时测量cTnI、cTnT及肌酸激酶同工酶(CK-MB)。分析比较cTnI、cTnT及CK-MB达到正常参考人群数值的第95百分位数及2倍于此数值时对于诊断AMI的敏感性、特异性及准确性。结果:AMI组与其他各组相比,cTn和CK-MB增高差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);除AMI组外其他组患者cTnI、cTnT和CK-MB测定值均有部分高于正常参考人群数值的第95百分位数,且与AMI组有重叠。结论:cTnI和cTnT达到正常参考人群数值的第95百分位数时对AMI诊断的敏感性无明显差异,特异性cTnT高于cTnI。CK-MB的敏感性不高但是特异性很高,与cTnT类似,仍可做AMI排除诊断用。建议心肌标志物应该有2个界限值,一个是目前的正常参考人群数值的第95百分位数,为诊断AMI的界限值;另一个是2倍于此数值,用于排除非缺血性心肌损伤。     

Impact of the recommendations for the redefinition of myocardial infarction on diagnosis and prognosis in an unselected United Kingdom cohort with suspected cardiac chest pain

We prospectively and blindly assessed the diagnostic and prognostic impact of implementation of the European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology recommendations for redefinition of myocardial infarction (MI) in an unselected cohort of patients with suspected cardiac chest pain, with particular attention to prespecified clinical groups. All patients admitted to our institute with suspected cardiac chest pain were enrolled. Physicians provided usual care using serial electrocardiograms/creatine kinase (CK)/aspartate transaminase according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria for MI, while blinded to additional measurements of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and CK-MB mass. After discharge, diagnoses based on WHO and new criteria were compared, and major adverse cardiac events monitored for 6 months. Implementation of the new recommendations classified an additional 26.1% of patients as having MI compared with WHO criteria, and produced an overall diagnostic alteration in 11.5%. Two thirds of the additional patients with MI were previously diagnosed with unstable angina, whereas one third had "other cardiac" or "noncardiac" diagnoses. A similar MI cohort to the cTnT diagnosis was identified using a CK-MB mass discriminator value of 5 microg/L, but not 10 microg/L. The 6-month prognosis was similar in patients diagnosed with MI by new (cTnT) and WHO criteria, with the new criteria thus identifying a further high-risk cohort in the WHO negative group. In our cohort, the new Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology recommendations identify one fourth more patients as having MI. The 6-month prognosis of those patients reclassified as having MI was similar to those diagnosed with MI by both criteria.     

Presentations of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Men and Women

OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of gender on the likelihood of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) among emergency department (ED) patients with symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia, and to determine whether any specific presenting signs or symptoms are associated more strongly with AMI in women than in men. DESIGN: Analysis of cohort data from a prospective clinical trial. SETTING: Emergency departments of 10 hospitals of varying sizes and types in the United States. PATIENTS: Patients 30 years of age or older (n = 10,525) who presented to the ED with chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The prevalence of AMI was determined for men and women, and a multivariable logistic regression model predicting AMI was developed to adjust for patients' demographic and clinical characteristics. AMI was almost twice as common in men as in women (10% vs 6%). Controlling for demographics, presenting signs and symptoms, electrocardiogram features, and hospital, male gender was a significant predictor of AMI (odds ratio [OR] 1.7; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4, 2.0). The gender effect was eliminated, however, among patients with ST-segment elevations on electrocardiogram (OR 1.1; 95% CI 0.7, 1.7) and among patients with signs of congestive heart failure (CHF) (OR 1.1; 95% CI 0.8, 1.5). Signs of CHF were associated with AMI among women (OR 1.9; 95% CI 1.4, 2.6) but not men (OR 1.0; 95% CI 0.8, 1.3). Among patients who presented to EDs with chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia, AMI was more likely in men than in women. Among women with ST-segment elevation or signs of CHF, however, AMI likelihood was similar to that in men with these characteristics.     

高敏肌钙蛋白T与常规肌钙蛋白T在急性冠状动脉综合征中的对比研究

目的对比分析急性冠状动脉综合征(ACS)患者血清高敏肌钙蛋白T(hs-cTnT)与常规肌钙蛋白T(cTnT)早期诊断急性心肌梗死(AMI)的价值。方法连续入选拟诊ACS患者215例,依据诊断分为AMI组59例,不稳定性心绞痛(UAP)组103例,非冠状动脉粥样硬化(非CHD)组53例。入院即刻测定血清cTnT、hs-cTnT水平。应用ROC曲线比较hs-cTnT、常规cTnT对AMI早期诊断的敏感性和特异性。结果 AMI组血清hs-cTnT和常规cTnT均高于UAP组和非CHD组(P<0.05)。hs-cTnT与常规cTnT诊断AMI的ROC曲线下面积分别为0.936、0.880(P=0.000);hs-cTnT敏感性为88.1%,特异性为84.6%,cTnT分别为76.3%、99.4%。hs-cTnT水平与Gensini积分呈正相关(P<0.05),与冠状动脉病变支数无关(P>0.05)。结论 ACS患者中,hs-cTnT对早期诊断AMI可能较常规cTnT更敏感,可尽早检测出更多的AMI患者。     

Clinical significance of cardiac troponins I and T in acute heart failure

BACKGROUND: Elevated cardiac troponin (cTn) levels are relatively common in acute heart failure (AHF). AIMS: To evaluate the prevalence and prognostic significance of elevated cTnI and cTnT in AHF. METHODS: FINN-AKVA is a prospective, multicenter study in AHF. In this analysis, 364 non-ACS patients with measurements of cTnI and cTnT taken on admission and 48 h thereafter were analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 364 AHF patients, 51.1% had cTnI and 29.7% cTnT levels above the cut-off value. Six-month all-cause mortality was 18.7%. Both cTnI (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.2-3.5, p=0.01) and cTnT (OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.5-4.4, p=0.0006) were associated with adverse outcome. The mortality risk was proportional to the magnitude of cTn release. On multivariable analysis, Cystatin C (OR 6.3, 95% CI 3.2-13, p<0.0001), logNT-proBNP (OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.0-1.8, p=0.03) and systolic blood pressure on admission (/10 mm Hg increase, OR 0.9, 95% CI 0.8-0.9, p=0.0004) were independent risk markers, whereas the troponins were not significantly associated with increased mortality. CONCLUSIONS: cTn elevations are frequent in AHF patients without ACS. cTnI is more often elevated than cTnT. Both cTnI and cTnT elevations are associated with increased mortality proportional to the degree elevation but they do not act as independent risk markers.     

Heart fatty acid-binding protein in combination with the 80-lead body surface potential map improves early detection of acute myocardial infarction in patients who are cardiac troponin T-negative at presentation

Of patients who present with ischemic-type chest pain and a negative cardiac troponin T (cTnT) at first medical contact, there are patients at a very early stage of infarction. The aim of this research was to assess heart fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP), a novel marker of myocyte necrosis, in combination with the 80-lead body surface potential map (BSPM) in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods

In this prospective study, consecutive patients presenting with acute ischemic-type chest pain between 2003 and 2006 were enrolled. At first medical contact, blood was sampled for cTnT and H-FABP; in addition, a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) and BSPM were recorded. A second cTnT was sampled 12 hours or more after presentation. Peak cTnT 0.03 μg/L or higher diagnosed AMI. Elevated H-FABP was 5 ng/mL or higher. A cardiologist blinded to both the clinical details and 12-lead ECG interpreted the BSPM.

Results

Enrolled were 407 patients (age 62 ± 13 years; 70% men). Of these 407, 180 had cTnT less than 0.03 μg/L at presentation. Acute myocardial infarction occurred in 52 (29%) of 180 patients. Of these 180 patients, 27 had ST-segment elevation (STE) on ECG, 104 had STE on BSPM (sensitivity, 88%; specificity, 55%), and 95 (53%) had H-FABP elevation. The proportion with elevated H-FABP was higher in the AMI group compared with non-AMI group (P < .001). Body surface potential map STE was significantly associated with H-FABP elevation (P < .001). Of those with initial cTnT less than 0.03 μg/L, the c-statistic for the receiver operating characteristic curve distinguishing AMI from non-AMI using H-FABP alone was 0.644 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.521-0.771), using BSPM alone was 0.716 (95% CI, 0.638-0.793), and using the combination of BSPM and H-FABP was 0.812 (95% CI, 0.747-0.876; P < .001).

Conclusion

In patients with acute ischemic-type chest pain who have a normal cTnT at presentation, the combination of H-FABP and BSPM at first assessment identifies those with early AMI (c-statistic, 0.812; P < .001), thus allowing earlier triage to reperfusion therapy and secondary prevention.     

Mortality in sepsis: Comparison of outcomes between patients with demand ischemia,acute myocardial infarction,and neither demand ischemia nor acute myocardial infarction

Introduction

Elevation in cardiac troponins is common with sepsis despite unclear impact.

Hypothesis

We investigated whether demand ischemia(DI) resulted in variable outcomes compared to acute myocardial infarction(AMI) and those with neither DI nor AMI in sepsis.

Methods

We analyzed data from the 2011‐2014 National Inpatient Sample among patients admitted for sepsis. We compared outcomes among patients with DI i) versus AMI and ii) versus neither DI nor AMI, respectively using propensity matching. Primary study end‐point was in‐hospital mortality.

Results

We studied 666,154 patients, with mean age 63.7 years and 50.8% female participants. Overall, 94.7% of the included patients had neither DI nor AMI, 4.4% had AMI and 0.83% had DI. Between 2011 and 2014, we observed an increasing trend for DI but decreasing trend for AMI in sepsis. Patients with DI experienced higher rates of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, had longer length of stay and higher cost of stay compared to patients with neither demand ischemia nor AMI. Despite higher hospital mortality at baseline with DI, post‐propensity matching revealed no difference in hospital mortality between patients with DI and those with neither (26.9% vs. 27.0%, adjusted odds ratio 0.99, 95% confidence intervals 0.92‐1.07;p=0.87). Patients with DI experienced lower hospital mortality compared to those with AMI pre (28.5% vs. 48.3%;p<0.001) and post‐propensity matching (41.1% vs. 29.1%, aOR 0.58, 95% CI 0.54‐0.63;p<0.001).

Conclusion

Among patients with sepsis, those with DI had similar adjusted in‐hospital mortality compared to those with neither DI nor AMI. Patients with AMI had the highest in‐hospital mortality among all groups.     

Effect on survival of acute myocardial infarction in Killip classes II or III patients undergoing invasive coronary procedures

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Killip class II or III are likely to benefit from catheterization and coronary revascularization performed within 30 days of AMI. The study population was drawn from 2 national surveys performed during 1996 and 1998 in 26 coronary care units operating in Israel. Our analysis included 3,113 patients with AMI who were divided into 2 groups according to their admission Killip class: 2,484 patients (80%) in Killip class I, of whom 1,408 (57%) underwent cardiac catheterization and 1,076 were treated noninvasively; and 629 patients in Killip class II or III, of whom 314 (50%) underwent cardiac catheterization and 315 were managed conservatively. Patients in Killip class II or III who were treated invasively had lower mortality rates than their counterparts who were treated noninvasively at 30 days: 7.6% versus 15.6%, respectively (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 0.52, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.28 to 0.92), and thereafter from 30 days to 6 months, 4.3% versus 13.6%, respectively (OR 0.34, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.68). In Killip class I patients, an invasive versus noninvasive management was not associated with a better outcome at 30 days: 1.6% versus 3.2%, respectively (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.32 to 1.05), but with similar mortality rates at 30 days to 6 months, 1.9% versus 2.0%, respectively (OR 1.46, 95% CI 0.79 to 2.74). Thus, the present study suggests that patients with AMI in Killip class II or III on admission may benefit from cardiac catheterization and revascularization performed within 30 days from admission, whereas patients with AMI in Killip class I are less likely to benefit from this approach.     

The new definition of myocardial infarction: diagnostic and prognostic implications in patients with acute coronary syndromes

BACKGROUND: The clinical implications of the recently revised criteria for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes are unknown. METHODS: To evaluate the prognostic implications of the new diagnostic criteria for AMI, we studied 493 consecutive patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes admitted to University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, between May 1, 1999, and January 1, 2000. Patients with positive cardiac enzymes and symptoms suggestive of coronary ischemia (n = 275) were divided into 2 groups: group A, with elevated peak creatine kinase-MB fraction and/or new electrocardiographic changes suggestive of AMI regardless of troponin status (diagnosed as AMI by old criteria), and group B, with normal peak creatine kinase-MB fraction but elevated troponin I level (additional patients diagnosed as having AMI by new criteria). RESULTS: As compared with group A (n = 224), patients in group B (n = 51) were older women, with increased comorbidities such as previous stroke or aortic stenosis, and had fewer in-hospital procedures. In-hospital adverse events (reinfarction, heart failure, shock, and mortality) were similar between the groups, whereas 6-month mortality was higher among group B patients (16.3% vs 5.8%; P =.03). This difference was not statistically significant after adjustment for differences in baseline characteristics between the groups (odds ratio, 1.6; 95% confidence interval, 0.5-5.9). CONCLUSIONS: The new criteria result in a substantial increase in the diagnosis of AMI. Furthermore, they help to identify patients with acute coronary syndromes who have greater comorbidities and worse 6-month outcomes who are otherwise missed by the old criteria. Additional studies are needed to confirm these preliminary findings and to determine the financial implications of the new criteria.