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ATHEROSCLEROSIS
卷 206, 期 1, 页码 251-257出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.01.029
关键词
Acute chest pain; Lymphocytes count; All-cause mortality; Myocardial infarction
资金
- Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III [RD0610009/1001]
Objective: Risk stratification of patients with acute chest pain, non-diagnostic electrocardiogram and normal troponin (ACPneg) remains a challenge, partly because no standardized set of biomarkers with prognostic ability has been identified in this population. Lymphopenia has been associated with atherosclerosis progression and adverse outcomes in cardiovascular diseases; although its prognostic value in ACPneg is unknown. We sought to determine the relationship between the lymphocyte count obtained in the Emergency Department (ED) and the risk of the long-term all-cause mortality or myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with ACPneg. Methods: We analyzed 1030 consecutive patients admitted with ACPneg in our institution. Lymphocyte count was determined in the ED as a part of a routine diagnostic workup to rule out an acute coronary syndrome. Patients with inflammatory, infectious diseases, or active malignancy were excluded (final sample = 975). The independent association between lymphocyte count and the composite endpoint (death/MI) was assessed by survival analysis for competing risk events (revascularization procedures). Results: During a median follow-up of 36 months, 139 (14.3%) patients achieved the combined endpoint, with rates increasing monotonically across lymphocyte quartiles (6.2%,10%, 20.6% and 24.1% for Q4, Q3, Q2 and Q1 (p < 0.001), respectively). In a multivariable analysis, patients in lymphocytes' Q1 and Q2 as compared with those in Q4 had an increased risk for the combined endpoint: HR = 2.45 (CI 95% 1.25-4.79, p = 0.008) and HR = 2.56 (CI 95% 1.30-5.07, p = 0.007), respectively. Conclusion: In patients with ACPneg, low lymphocytes count was associated with an increased risk for developing the combined endpoint of death or MI. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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