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NT-proBNP and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Who Received Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Prospective Cohort Study

Background

The prognostic significance of the amino-terminal fragment of the prohormone brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not been fully elucidated. Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) are clinically viable indicators for the accurate, rapid, and safe evaluation of patients with STEMI. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between NT-proBNP levels and the occurrence of short-term MACEs in patients with STEMI who underwent emergency PCI.

Methods

This prospective cohort study included 405 patients with STEMI aged 20–90 years who underwent emergency PCI at the First People's Hospital of Changde City from April 6, 2017, to May 31, 2019. Stent thrombosis, reinfarction, congestive heart failure, unstable angina, and cardiac death were considered as MACEs in this study. The target-independent and -dependent variables were NT-proBNP at baseline and MACE, respectively.

Results

There were 28.25% of MACEs. Age, number of implanted stents, Killip class, infarction-related artery, applied intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), creatine kinase (CK) peak value, CK-MB peak value, TnI peak value, and ST-segment resolution were independently associated with MACE (P < 0.05). In a multivariate model, after adjusting all potential covariates, Log2 NT-proBNP levels remained significantly associated with MACE, with an inflection point of 11.66. The effect sizes and confidence intervals of the left and right sides of the inflection point were 1.07 and 0.84–1.36 (P=0.5730) and 3.47 and 2.06–5.85 (P < 0.0001), respectively.

Conclusions

In patients with STEMI who underwent PCI, Log2 NT-proBNP was positively correlated with MACE within 1 month when the Log2 NT-proBNP was >11.66 (NT-proBNP >3.236 pg/mL).

Fragmented QRS complex is a prognostic marker of microvascular reperfusion and changes in LV function occur in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention

The present study aimed to investigate the in-hospital and long-term prognostic value of fragmented QRS complex (fQRS) for microvascular reperfusion and changes in left ventricular (LV) function in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A total of 216 patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI were included in the current study. Patients were divided into two groups based on the presence (n=126) or absence (n=90) of fQRS following electrocardiograms (ECGs) on admission. Following primary PCI and follow up, patients were divided into four groups based on new onset, resolution, persistence and absence of fQRS. Major adverse cardiac events were defined to include cardiovascular death, arrhythmia, heart failure, reinfarction and target vessel revascularization. The percentage of patients with heart failure and microvascular reperfusion differed significantly between the fQRS(+) and fQRS(−) groups. Levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), Peak creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) and Troponin I levels were observed to be significantly higher in the fQRS(+) group compared with the fQRS(−) group. In univariate logistic regression analysis, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), NT-proBNP, Troponin I, Peak CK-MB and microvascular reperfusion were found to be associated with fQRS. Multivariate analysis identified that LVEF, NT-proBNP, Troponin I and microvascular reperfusion may be independent predictors of fQRS. The presence of fQRS was demonstrated to be associated with left ventricular dysfunction at follow up assessments. The presence of fQRS was not only significantly associated with myocardial microvascular reperfusion and left ventricular function, but was also a prognostic marker in STEMI.