Admission homocysteine is an independent predictor of spontaneous reperfusion and early infarct-related artery patency before primary percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND

Spontaneous reperfusion (SR) and early infarct related artery (IRA) patency before primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) might bring extra benefit for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This study premilinarily screened the independent predictors of SR, and assessed the relationship between SR and plasma homocysteine (HCY).

METHODS

The medical records of 998 patients who were diagnosed as STEMI and underwent emergency coronary angiography were retrospectively studied, SR was defined as achievement of TIMI grade 3 flow in the IRA before PCI. The baseline characteristics, clinical manifestations and hematological variables were compared between SR and NSR group. Optimal cutoff point of HCY was calculated with receiving operating characteristics (ROC) analysis, multivariate logistic regression models were used to identify predictors of SR.

RESULTS

229 (22.95%) patients showed angiographic SR. For HCY, the area under the curve was 0.70 (95% CI: 0.63-0.77, P = 0.034), the optimized cut off point was 17.55 μmol/L. Preinfarct angina (95% CI: 1.61-5.65, P = 0.0005), plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) level (95% CI: 0.87-0.99, P = 0.016) and HCY < 17.55 μmol/L (95% CI: 2.43-8.72, P < 0.0001) were found to be independent predictors for SR.

CONCLUSION

In patients with STEMI, HCY < 17.55 μmol/L, preinfarct angina and plasma CRP level were independent predictors of SR.