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- Title
The relationship between long-term statin usage and myocardial injury related to percutaneous coronary interventions evaluated by high-sensitivity troponins.
- Authors
Koçak, Ajar; Ünlü, Serkan; Gökalp, Gökhan; Yılmaz, Niyazi Samet; Gülbahar, Özlem; Abacı, Adnan
- Abstract
Objective: Myocardial injury related to percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) might adversely affect the prognosis of patients with coronary artery disease. Our study aimed to investigate the effects of long-term statin usage on myocardial injury related to elective PCI. Methods: In our study, total 102 patients were included and evaluated in 3 groups based on the statin usage before PCI, "potent statin" group (n=26), "weak statin" group (n=23), and "statin free" group (n=53). The occurrence of the procedural complications was identified (n=31). The myocardial injury was determined by serial high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT) testing at 0th, 2nd, 4th, and 12th hour of the procedure. Results: The increase in hsTnT values in the 2nd and 4th hour was significantly lower in the potent statin group than in the other 2 groups (p=0.008 and p=0.009, respectively). In patients with procedural complications, the increase in hsTnT levels at the 2nd, 4th, and 12th hour were also lower in the potent statin group (p=0.032, p=0.019, and p=0.006, respectively). Also, in patients with procedural complications, hsTnT levels exceeding the myocardial infarction limit at the 4th and 12th hour were lower in the potent statin group (p=0.039 and p=0.006, respectively). Conclusion: These results show that elective PCI related myocardial injury was less frequent in patients who were using high-dose statins. This result was more pronounced in patients who developed complications during the procedure.
- Publication
Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology / Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, 2021, Vol 49, Issue 7, p536
- ISSN
1016-5169
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5543/tkda.2021.11292