Correlation between ST-T-Segment Changes with Markers of Hemostasis in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

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Background: Disturbance of the hemostatic and the inflammatory system plays an important role in the pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Their markers have been shown to predict further coronary events in patients with ACS. The prognostic value of the admission electrocardiogram (ECG), which is commonly used to evaluate ischemia, was studied previously. We investigated the correlation between serum markers of the hemostatic/inflammatory system and ECG changes in ACS. Methods: A standard 12-lead ECG was obtained from 85 patients with ACS on admission (0d). Markers of the hemostatic and inflammatory system were measured on admission and after 2 days (2d). Results: Patients with ST-T-changes had higher fibrinogen and thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT) levels than patients without ECG alterations at both times (fibrinogen: 0d: 492 ± 38 vs. 357 ± 36 mg/dl, p < 0.01; 2d: 633 ± 55 vs. 440 ± 50 mg/dl, p < 0.02; TAT: 0d: 7.2 ± 1.3 vs. 3.6 ± 0.7 µg/l, p < 0.05; 2d: 5.3 ± 0.9 vs. 3.2 ± 0.5 µg/l, p < 0.05). Tissue-type plasminogen activator (TPA) was elevated in patients with ECG changes initially (10.1 ± 0.6 vs. 7.2 ± 0.7 ng/ml, p < 0.02). D-dimers, the acute-phase proteins C-reactive protein, serum amyloid A and the soluble adhesion molecules showed no significance. Conclusions: The data reveal a correlation between electrocardiographic changes and hemostasis in patients with ACS . The association of myocardial damage and a disturbed hemostatic system might stratify patients who are at high risk of suffering further coronary events.

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Cardiac troponin T levels for risk stratification in acute myocardial ischemia. GUSTO IIA Investigators.

Robert H. Christenson, Neal Kleiman, Bradi B. Granger … (1996)

The prognosis of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial ischemia is quite variable. We examined the value of serum levels of cardiac troponin T, serum creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) levels, and electrocardiographic abnormalities for risk stratification in patients with acute myocardial ischemia. We studied 855 patients within 12 hours of the onset of symptoms. Cardiac troponin T levels, CK-MB levels, and electrocardiograms were analyzed in a blinded fashion at the core laboratory. We used logistic regression to assess the usefulness of baseline levels of cardiac troponin T and CK-MB and the electrocardiographic category assigned at admission-ST-segment elevation, ST-segment depression, T-wave inversion, or the presence of confounding factors that impair the detection of ischemia (bundle-branch block and paced rhythms)-in predicting outcome. On admission, 289 of 801 patients with base-line serum samples had elevated troponin T levels (> 0.1 ng per milliliter). Mortality within 30 days was significantly higher in these patients than in patients with lower levels of troponin T (11.8 percent vs. 3.9 percent, P < 0.001). The troponin T level was the variable most strongly related to 30-day mortality (chi-square = 21, P < 0.001), followed by the electrocardiographic category (chi-square = 14, P = 0.003) and the CK-MB level (chi-square = 11, P = 0.004). Troponin T levels remained significantly predictive of 30-day mortality in a model that contained the electrocardiographic categories and CK-MB levels (chi-square = 9.2, P = 0.027). The cardiac troponin T level is a powerful, independent risk marker in patients who present with acute myocardial ischemia. It allows further stratification of risk when combined with standard measures such as electrocardiography and the CK-MB level.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): CRD

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Cardiology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0008-6312

Title: Cardiology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0008-6312

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9751

Publication date Subscription-year: 2002

Publication date (Print): September 2002

Publication date (Electronic): 26 September 2002

Volume: 98

Issue: 1-2

Pages: 40-45

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^aMedizinische Klinik, Abteilung III, and ^bKlinik für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, ^cKlinik für Kardiologie und Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Städtisches Klinikum, Solingen, Germany

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Publisher ID: 64683 Other ID: Cardiology 2002;98:40–45

DOI: 10.1159/000064683

PubMed ID: 12373046

SO-VID: ef190054-eb59-4431-afe2-caf5be714b22

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Date received : 21 January 2002

Date accepted : 09 May 2002

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Cardiac troponin T levels for risk stratification in acute myocardial ischemia. GUSTO IIA Investigators.

C-Reactive Protein Is a Potent Predictor of Mortality Independently of and in Combination With Troponin T in Acute Coronary Syndromes: A TIMI 11A Substudy

Endogenous tissue-type plasminogen activator and risk of myocardial infarction

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