Cardiology Department, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2014 Jan;15(1):48-52. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328365c13a.
Acute coronary syndrome is characterized by an acute inflammatory systemic response. We investigated whether timely reperfusion could reduce the inflammatory response in patients with ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Forty-seven consecutive patients with STEMI eligible for fibrinolysis and admitted to a coronary care unit were enrolled in the study and reperfused with tenecteplase; 33 patients admitted 6 h after the onset of chest pain (late comers), who therefore underwent delayed coronary angioplasty, acted as controls. All patients underwent serial blood sampling in order to evaluate plasma concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) for 4 days. Patients treated with primary (<6 h from symptom onset) or rescue angioplasty were excluded from the study.
CRP, ESR and fibrinogen in patients who were timely reperfused showed significantly lower values compared to late comer controls (P < 0.05). In a multivariable analysis considering age, sex, diabetes, presence of anterior wall infarction, presence of Q-waves, left-ventricular ejection fraction and peak troponin levels, timely reperfusion was inversely related to CRP peak values (hazard ratio 0.74, 95% confidence interval 0.55-0.98, P < 0.05).
Timely reperfusion can blunt inflammatory activation in patients with STEMI.
急性冠状动脉综合征的特征是急性炎症全身反应。我们研究了及时再灌注是否可以减少 ST 段抬高型急性心肌梗死(STEMI)患者的炎症反应。
本研究纳入了 47 例适合溶栓且入住冠心病监护病房的 STEMI 患者,给予替奈普酶溶栓治疗;其中 33 例胸痛发作 6 小时后入院(晚期就诊者),行延迟冠状动脉成形术,作为对照组。所有患者连续采血 4 天,以评估血浆 C 反应蛋白(CRP)、纤维蛋白原和红细胞沉降率(ESR)浓度。未接受直接或补救性经皮冠状动脉介入治疗的患者被排除在研究之外。
及时再灌注的患者 CRP、ESR 和纤维蛋白原水平明显低于晚期就诊者对照组(P < 0.05)。在考虑年龄、性别、糖尿病、前壁梗死、Q 波、左心室射血分数和肌钙蛋白峰值水平的多变量分析中,及时再灌注与 CRP 峰值呈负相关(危险比 0.74,95%置信区间 0.55-0.98,P < 0.05)。
及时再灌注可以减轻 STEMI 患者的炎症激活。