Definitions of post-coronary artery bypass grafting myocardial infarction: variations in incidence and prognostic significance

Autor: Deborah J. Cook, Andre Lamy, Peter A. Kavsak, George Tagarakis, Kevin Kennedy, Yongning Ou, Richard P. Whitlock, Philip J. Devereaux, Emilie P. Belley-Côté, Francois Lamontagne, Jessica Vincent
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Zdroj: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
ISSN: 1873-734X
1010-7940
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz161
Popis: OBJECTIVES Using data from the CORONARY trial (n = 4752), we evaluated the incidence and prognostic significance of myocardial infarction (MI) applying different definitions based on peak postoperative creatine kinase-MB isoenzyme and cardiac troponin levels. We then aimed to identify the peak cardiac troponin during the first 3 postoperative days that was independently associated with a 2-fold increase in 30-day mortality. METHODS To combine different assays, we analysed cardiac troponins in multiples of their respective upper limit of normal (ULN). We identified the lowest threshold with a hazard ratio (HR) >2 for 30-day mortality independent of EuroSCORE and on- versus off-pump surgery. RESULTS Depending on the definition used based on creatine kinase-MB, the incidence of MI after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) ranged from 0.6% to 19% and the associated HRs for 30-day mortality ranged from 2.7 to 6.9. Using cardiac troponin (1528 patients), the incidence of MI ranged from 1.7% to 13% depending on the definition used with HRs for 30-day mortality ranging from 5.1 to 7.2. The first cardiac troponin threshold we evaluated, 180xULN, was associated with an adjusted HR for 30-day mortality of 7.6 [95% confidence interval (CI) 3.4–17.1] when compared to CONCLUSIONS Our results illustrate that the incidence and prognosis of a post-CABG MI varies based on the definition used. Validated post-CABG MI diagnostic criteria formulated from their independent association with important clinical outcomes are needed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE