Prognostic significance of elevated creatine kinase MB after coronary bypass surgery and after an acute coronary syndrome: Results from the GUARDIAN trial
(2003) In Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 126(3). p.807-813- Abstract
- Objective: To determine if the correlation between magnitude of creatine kinase-myocardial band release after coronary artery bypass surgery and 6-month mortality is comparable to that of patients admitted with an acute coronary syndrome. Methods: The GUARDIAN trial tested the efficacy of cariporide, an Na+/H+ exchange inhibitor, on reduction of myocardial ischemia or death in high-risk patients. We compared 6-month survival in a cohort of 2332 GUARDIAN patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass surgery at entry with 4233 acute coronary syndrome patients stratified by level of creatine kinase-myocardial band release. Cumulative 6-month survival by creatine kinase-myocardial band categories was performed using life table analysis,... (More)
- Objective: To determine if the correlation between magnitude of creatine kinase-myocardial band release after coronary artery bypass surgery and 6-month mortality is comparable to that of patients admitted with an acute coronary syndrome. Methods: The GUARDIAN trial tested the efficacy of cariporide, an Na+/H+ exchange inhibitor, on reduction of myocardial ischemia or death in high-risk patients. We compared 6-month survival in a cohort of 2332 GUARDIAN patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass surgery at entry with 4233 acute coronary syndrome patients stratified by level of creatine kinase-myocardial band release. Cumulative 6-month survival by creatine kinase-myocardial band categories was performed using life table analysis, adjusting for variables known to impact prognosis using Cox regression. Results: The 6-month mortality rates for coronary artery bypass surgery patients with peak creatine kinase-myocardial band ratios of < 1, greater than or equal to1 and <5, greater than or equal to5 and < 10, and ! 10 upper limits of normal (ULN) were 5.8, 2.8, 5.9, and 12.0%, respectively (P < .0001). The 6-month mortality rates for acute coronary syndrome patients with peak creatine kinase-myocardial band ratios of < 1, greater than or equal to 1 and <5, greater than or equal to 5 and < 10, and greater than or equal to10 ULN were 6.3, 9.8, 10.0, and 12.3%, respectively (P < .0001). Patients with coronary artery bypass surgery or acute coronary syndrome had similar adjusted 6-month survival estimates at normal creatine kinase-myocardial band levels and when the creatine kinase-myocardial band level was greater than or equal to 10 ULN. Patients with coronary artery bypass surgery had significantly better survival at intermediate enzyme levels ( ! I and < 10 ULN; P < .001). Conclusions: Modest elevations of creatine kinase-myocardial band release (greater than or equal to 1 and <10 ULN) after coronary artery bypass surgery are not associated with adverse 6-month survival, in contrast to that seen in acute coronary syndrome patients. Routine creatine kinase-myocardial band sampling should be considered in all higher-risk patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery procedures to identify the sizable cohort of patients with creatine kinase-myocardial band release ! 10 ULN; these patients may benefit from postoperative angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and beta-blocker therapy. Newer cardioprotective agents that reduce the number of patients with marked creatine kinase-myocardial band release are currently being tested in large randomized controlled clinical trials. (Less)
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- Gavard, JA ; Chaitman, BR ; Sakai, S ; Stocke, K ; Danchin, N ; Erhardt, Leif RW LU ; Gallo, R ; Chi, E ; Jessel, A and Theroux, P
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- 807 - 813
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- 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00735-9
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