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Pölzl L, Lohmann R, Sterzinger P, Nägele F, Hirsch J, Graber M, Engler C, Eder J, Abfalterer H, Ulmer H, Griesmacher A, Grimm M, Bonaros N, Ruttmann-Ulmer E, Holfeld J, Gollmann-Tepeköylü C. Complexity of coronary artery disease and the release of cardiac biomarkers after CABG. Front Cardiovasc Med 2024; 11:1345439. [PMID: 38370160 PMCID: PMC10870426 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1345439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Objective In patients with complex coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing cardiac surgery, myocardial protection might be impaired due to microvascular obstruction, resulting in myocardial injury and subsequent biomarker release. Therefore, this study investigated the correlation between the complexity of CAD, reflected by the SYNTAX Score, and the release of cardiac biomarkers after CABG. Methods In a consecutive series of 919 patients undergoing isolated CABG SYNTAX scores I and II were calculated to assess the complexity of CAD. Levels of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and creatine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB) were routinely measured once before and serially after surgery. Patients were divided into tertiles according to their SYNTAX Scores I and II. Spearman correlations and regression models were performed to measure the degree of association between the release of hs-cTnT and CK-MB and the SYNTAX Scores. Results Patients with a higher SYNTAX Score I had more comorbidities reflected in a higher EuroSCORE II. Preoperatively, higher levels of cardiac biomarkers were found in patients with higher SYNTAX Score II. No correlation was observed between hs-cTnT, CK-MB and SYNTAX Score I or II. Regression models did not show any association between cardiac biomarkers and the complexity of CAD. Conclusion The complexity of CAD is not associated with the release of cardiac biomarkers after CABG. Factors influencing postoperative biomarker release need to be elucidated in future trials to include postoperative biomarker release into risk stratification models predicting outcome after cardiac surgery.
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Affiliation(s)
- Leo Pölzl
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Jakob Hirsch
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Michael Graber
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Andrea Griesmacher
- Central Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Michael Grimm
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Nikolaos Bonaros
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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