Study of the corelation between level of preoperative high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and incidence of postoperative adverse cardiac events in elderly patients underwent noncardiac surgery

Abstract

Objective To investigate the relevance between level of preoperative high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hsCRP) and the occurrence of postoperative adverse cardiac events in elderly patients underwent noncardiac surgery. Methods 49 patients of more than 65 years that had undergone elective noncardiac surgery were enrolled in the study. And all patients were conformed to the standards of classification of risk factors for clinical history, content of Guidelines on Preoperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery established by the ACC/AHA .The patients were divided into two groups based on the preoperative hsCRP level:A group:hsCRP ≤ 3mg/L group (n=21) and B group: hsCRP>3mg/L group (n=28). General clinical characteristics of patients were recorded before operation, and 24 hours dynamic ECG was monitored a week prior to and after the operation. All patients taken measures of analgesia after surgery. The incidence of postoperative adverse cardiac events and the hospitalized days was recorded. The distinctions between two groups were analyzed regarding the occurrence of adverse cardiac events and hospitalized days after operation. Results 19 patients had postoperative myocardial ischemia; 4 cases in A group and 15 cases in B group. 7 patients suffered other postoperative adverse cardiac events, including 1 case in A group and the others in B group. There was statistically significant difference considering morbidity of myocardial ischemia in postoperation between the two groups, but there was no statistically significant difference about incidence of other adverse cardiac events and the length of stay in postoperation. Indexes about serious degree of myocardial ischemia:total depression time is(43.5±5.82 )min in A group, is( 135.0±81.2)min in B group. The depression times is(5.2±2.5 )in A group, is( 8.8±3.0)in B group.The longest depression time is( 23.7±9.2)min in A group, is( 84.3±54.1 )min in B group.Total ischemia burden is( 170.1 ±88.8 )mm· min-1 ·24h-1 in A group, is (311.3± 118.8 )mm· min-1 ·24h-1 in B group.There was statistically significant difference between the two groups. Conclusion Level of preoperative hsCRP>3 mg/L was relevant to the incidence of the most common postoperative adverse cardiac events--myocardial ischemia in elderly patients and level of preoperative hsCRP >3 mg/L was one of the risk factors of postoperative myocardial ischemia;Determination of preoperative hsCRP level may improve cardiovascular risk scoring system. Key words: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein; Adverse cardiac events; Noncardiac surgery; The elderly