Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, USA.
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2013 Mar;2(1):35-43. doi: 10.1177/2048872612471216.
Anaemia is associated with an increased risk for morbidity and mortality in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. While several physiological mechanisms have been proposed to explain this association, decreased receipt of guidelines-based care may also contribute. We examined the relationship between admission haemoglobin (Hgb) level, receipt of ACC/AHA guidelines-based treatments, and in-hospital outcomes among STEMI patients. We also evaluated whether administration of these treatments modified the association between anaemia and in-hospital mortality in this group.
We analysed data from 92,686 patients diagnosed with STEMI included in the NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG database from January 2007 to March 2011. Patients were stratified by initial Hgb value: 83.1% (n=77,035) were classified as non-anaemic (Hgb >13.0 g/dl for men, >12.0 g/dl for women), 11.6% (n=10,710) as mildly anaemic (11.1-13.0 g/dl for men, 11.1-12.0 g/dl for women), 4.4% (n=4059) as moderately anaemic (9.1-11.0 g/dl), and 1.0% (n=882) as severely anaemic (<9.0 g/dl). Anaemia was associated with a significantly increased prevalence of other baseline comorbidities and decreased odds of receiving several class I recommended pharmacological treatments (heparin, beta-blockers, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, p<0.01). The overall use of reperfusion therapy (fibrinolytic therapy and/or percutaneous coronary intervention) was also lower in anaemic vs. non-anaemic patients (p<0.01). Anaemia was associated higher in-hospital mortality risk, which remained significant after adjustment for use of guidelines-recommended therapies and interventions (p<0.01).
In a national sample of STEMI patients, anaemia on presentation was associated with decreased receipt of ACC/AHA guidelines-based care and higher in-hospital mortality. However, the higher mortality rates could not be fully explained by differences in in-hospital treatment.
贫血与 ST 段抬高型心肌梗死(STEMI)患者的发病率和死亡率增加相关。虽然已经提出了几种生理机制来解释这种关联,但指南推荐的治疗方法的接受程度降低也可能是原因之一。我们研究了 STEMI 患者入院时血红蛋白(Hgb)水平、接受 ACC/AHA 指南推荐治疗方法与院内结局之间的关系。我们还评估了在该组患者中,这些治疗方法的应用是否改变了贫血与院内死亡率之间的关系。
我们分析了 2007 年 1 月至 2011 年 3 月期间 NCDR ACTION 注册-GWTG 数据库中诊断为 STEMI 的 92686 例患者的数据。根据初始 Hgb 值对患者进行分层:83.1%(n=77035)为非贫血(男性 Hgb>13.0 g/dl,女性 Hgb>12.0 g/dl),11.6%(n=10710)为轻度贫血(男性 Hgb 11.1-13.0 g/dl,女性 Hgb 11.1-12.0 g/dl),4.4%(n=4059)为中度贫血(男性 Hgb 9.1-11.0 g/dl,女性 Hgb 9.1-11.0 g/dl),1.0%(n=882)为重度贫血(<9.0 g/dl)。贫血与其他基线合并症的患病率显著增加以及接受几种 I 类推荐药物治疗(肝素、β受体阻滞剂和血管紧张素转换酶抑制剂)的可能性降低相关(p<0.01)。与非贫血患者相比,接受再灌注治疗(溶栓治疗和/或经皮冠状动脉介入治疗)的贫血患者也较少(p<0.01)。在调整了指南推荐的治疗方法和干预措施的使用后,贫血与院内死亡率风险增加相关,且该相关性仍具有统计学意义(p<0.01)。
在 STEMI 患者的全国样本中,入院时的贫血与接受 ACC/AHA 指南推荐治疗方法的比例降低以及更高的院内死亡率相关。然而,较高的死亡率并不能完全由院内治疗的差异来解释。