Document Detail


Impact of low high-density lipoproteins on in-hospital events and one-year clinical outcomes in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction acute coronary syndrome treated with drug-eluting stent implantation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16950168     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol has protective cardiovascular effects. We investigated the effect of baseline HDL cholesterol on the outcomes of patients who underwent drug-eluting stent implantation for acute coronary syndrome. Since March 2003, 1,032 consecutive patients were, according to their baseline HDL cholesterol level, included in a low HDL cholesterol group (n = 550, <40 mg/dl in men, <45 mg/dl in women, mean 32 +/- 7) or a high HDL cholesterol group (n = 482, >40 mg/dl in men, >45 mg/dl in women, mean 55 +/- 19). End points were death, Q-wave myocardial infarction, target lesion revascularization, and a composite of major adverse cardiac events at 30 days and 1 year. We assessed the relation between HDL cholesterol and end points. Patients with low HDL cholesterol more often had diabetes, a higher body mass index, higher triglyceride levels, and lower total cholesterol levels. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and statin treatment (98% in the 2 groups) were comparable. Incidences of mortality and major adverse cardiac events at 30 days were higher in the low than in the high HDL cholesterol group (p <0.001 and p = 0.002, respectively; chi-square analysis). At 1 year, more deaths occurred in the low HDL cholesterol group (p <0.001; chi-square analysis), as did major adverse cardiac events (p <0.001; chi-square analysis). Multivariate analysis showed low HDL cholesterol at baseline (hazard ratio 2.61, 95% confidence interval 1.33 to 5.12) to be a key predictor of major adverse cardiac events and death (hazard ratio 3.33, 95% confidence interval 1.15 to 10.0) at 1 year. In conclusion, regardless of baseline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and statin therapy, additional strategies to increase HDL cholesterol should be evaluated in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Authors:
Roswitha M Wolfram; H Bryan Brewer; Zhenyi Xue; Lowell F Satler; Augusto D Pichard; Kenneth M Kent; Ron Waksman
Related Documents :
9794118 - Life-style factors associated with changes in serum lipids in a follow-up study of card...
2076138 - The national cholesterol education program: guidelines and commentaries.
2436408 - Serum lipoproteins in middle-aged men with psoriasis.
14561898 - Impaired plasma viscosity via increased cholesterol levels in peripheral occlusive arte...
929628 - Chromosome studies on bone marrow cells of chinese hamsters fed a radiosterilized diet.
12691168 - Post-genomic opportunities for understanding nutrition: the nutritionist's perspective.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2006-07-17
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of cardiology     Volume:  98     ISSN:  0002-9149     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-09-04     Completed Date:  2006-10-25     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0207277     Medline TA:  Am J Cardiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  711-7     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
The Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary
Cholesterol, HDL / blood*
Cholesterol, LDL / blood
Coronary Disease / pathology,  therapy
Electrocardiography*
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / blood,  mortality,  physiopathology,  therapy*
Retreatment
Stents*
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cholesterol, HDL; 0/Cholesterol, LDL

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Probing the structure of Lhca3 by mutation analysis.
Next Document:  Effect of diabetes mellitus on five-year clinical outcomes after single-vessel coronary stenting (a ...