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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1999; 34:663-671
© 1999 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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CLINICAL STUDIES

Creatine kinase-MB elevation after coronary intervention correlates with diffuse atherosclerosis, and low-to-medium level elevation has a benign clinical course

Implications for early discharge after coronary intervention

Annapoorna Kini, MDa, Jonathan D. Marmur, MD, FACCa, Subhash Kini, MDa, George Dangas, MDa, Thomas P. Cocke, MD, FACCa, Sylvan Wallenstein, PhDa, Eppie Brown, RNa, John A. Ambrose, MD, FACCa and Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACCa

a Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory of the Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA

Manuscript received December 30, 1998; revised manuscript received April 7, 1999, accepted June 3, 1999.

Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Samin K. Sharma, Mount Sinai Hospital, Box 1030, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029-6574
samin_sharma{at}smtplink.mssm.edu

OBJECTIVES

The study evaluated the incidence and predictors of creatine kinase–MB isoenzyme (CK-MB) elevation after successful coronary intervention using current devices, and assessed the influence on in-hospital course and midterm survival.

BACKGROUND

The CK-MB elevation after coronary intervention predominantly using balloon angioplasty correlates with late cardiac events of myocardial infarction (MI) and death. Whether CK-MB elevation after nonballoon devices is associated with an adverse short and midterm prognosis is unknown.

METHODS

The incidence and predictors of CK-MB elevation after coronary intervention were prospectively studied in 1,675 consecutive patients and were followed for in-hospital events and survival.

RESULTS

CK-MB elevation was detected in 313 patients (18.7%), with 1–3x in 12.8%, 3–5x in 3.5% and >5x normal in 2.4% of patients. Procedural complications or electrocardiogram changes occurred in only 49% of the CK-MB-elevation cases; CK-MB elevation was more common after nonballoon devices (19.5% vs. 11.5% after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; p < 0.01). Predictors of CK-MB elevation on multivariate analysis were diffuse coronary disease (p = 0.02), systemic atherosclerosis (p = 0.002), stent use (p = 0.04) and absence of beta-blocker therapy (p = 0.001). Adverse in-hospital cardiac events were more frequent in patients with >5x CK-MB elevation, with no significant difference between 1–5x CK-MB elevation versus normal CK-MB group. During a mean follow-up of 13 ± 3 months, the incidence of death in the CK-MB-elevation group was 1.6% versus 1.3% in the normal CK-MB group (p = NS).

CONCLUSIONS

The CK-MB elevation after coronary intervention was observed even in the absence of discernible procedural complications and was more common in patients with diffuse atherosclerosis. In-hospital clinical events requiring prolonged monitoring were higher in >5x CK-MB-elevation patients only. Midterm survival of CK-MB-elevation patients was similar to those with normal CK-MB. Our prospective analysis shows a lack of adverse in-hospital cardiac events and suggests that early discharge of stable 1–5x normal CK-MB-elevation patients after successful coronary intervention is safe.

Abbreviations and Acronyms
  ACC/AHA = American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
  CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting
  CCS = Canadian Cardiovascular Society
  CHF = congestive heart failure
  CK-MB = creatine kinase–MB isoenzyme
  ECG = electrocardiogram
  IAMP = intra-aortic balloon pump
  LAD = left anterior descending artery
  LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction
  MI = myocardial infarction
  PRCA = percutaneous rotational coronary atherectomy
  PTCA = percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
  RCA = right coronary artery
  SVG = saphenous vein graft
  TIMI = thrombolysis in myocardial infarction
  TLR = target lesion revascularization




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