Abstract

Two hundred and fourteen patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS) underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Serum ischemic modified albumin (IMA) levels were measured in patients at admission. The major adverse cardiac events (MACE), including cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) and recurrent ischemia leading to urgent revascularization were observed during 1-y period of follow-up. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox regression were used to assess the prognostic value of IMA for 1-y MACE. Twenty one patients experienced major adverse cardiac events during 1-y follow up period, including 6 cases of cardiac death, 8 cases of new or recurrent MI, 7 cases of target vessel/lesion revascularization or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). ROC showed that the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was 0.667, and when IMA was used to predict 1-y major adverse cardiac events, the cut-off value of 65.3 kU/L was most effective. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that IMA was significantly correlated with the occurrence of 1-y MACE (P<0.01). But Cox regression model showed that IMA levels were not independent risk factor for 1-y MACE in NSTEACS patients, when adjusted with other risk factors. Key words: Coronary disease; Ischemic modified albumin

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