Abstract
High levels of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] are linked to adverse cardiovascular events. The significance of Lp(a) for the survival of octogenarians with coronary artery disease (CAD) after drug-eluting stent (DES) insertion is, however, not known. The purpose of the study is to investigated the connection between Lp(a) and outcome in octogenarians with CAD after DES implantation. We retrospectively enrolled a total of 506 consecutive octogenarians with CAD and DES implantation in our institution between January 2015 to August 2018. Two patient groups were established: a low group with plasma Lp(a) lower than 50 mg/dL (n = 408) and a high group with values above 50 mg/dL (n = 98). After following up for a median of 31.53 ± 8.22 months, Kaplan-Meier curves indicated that poorer outcome censored for major cardiovascular events (MACE), myocardial infarction (MI), and target vessel revascularization (TVR) in the high group relative to the low group (log-rank test p = 0.001, p = 0.008, and p < 0.001, respectively). High Lp(a) independently predicted MACE (hazard ratio (HR) 1.90; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.28-2.84; p = 0.002), MI (HR 2.74; 95% CI 1.23-6.11; p = 0.014), and TVR (HR 3.65; 95% CI 1.99-6.69; p < 0.001) after covariate adjustment. High Lp(a) was also significantly related to poor long-term outcome in octogenarians with CAD after DES implantation.
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