| Preoperative myocardial cell damage in patients with unstable angina undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. | |
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PMID: 7992899 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Troponin-T is one of the contractile proteins of the myocardium. Its release into the circulation indicates various degrees of myocardial cell damage. Troponin-T may be measured in serum with a recently developed enzyme immunoassay. This immunoassay was used to evaluate the preoperative myocardial cell damage in patients with stable and unstable angina undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and it was compared with conventional assays of creatine kinase (CK) MB isoenzyme activity and mass. METHODS: Twenty-one patients with unstable angina and 31 with stable angina were studied. Troponin-T, CK-MB activity, and CK-MB mass were measured 24 h before anesthesia and surgery, immediately before induction of anesthesia, before and after cardiopulmonary bypass, at the end of surgery, and 24 h afterward. RESULTS: In 90% (19 of 21) of the patients with unstable angina, troponin-T was increased 24 h before anesthesia (median 0.33 microgram/l, range 0.15-5.2 micrograms/l), whereas only 3% (1 of 31) of the patients with stable angina had increased values (median 0.0 microgram/l, range 0.0-0.53 microgram/l). The difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The same profile was found in patients with and without unstable angina immediately before induction of anesthesia (86% [18 of 21] and 0%, respectively) and before cardiopulmonary bypass (62% [13 of 21] and 0%, respectively). In contrast to troponin-T, CK-MB activity was increased in only 0-14% of patients with unstable angina, and CK-MB mass was increased in only 9-24%. After bypass troponin-T increased in both groups (P < 0.01), but there was no longer a statistically significant difference between the groups. Twelve percent (4 of 31) of the patients in the stable angina group and 28% (6 of 21) in the unstable group had major cardiac events (P not significant). CONCLUSIONS: The study data suggest that many patients with unstable angina undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery have already increased troponin-T levels preoperatively, although conventional biochemical markers such as CK-MB activity and mass are at a normal range. Increased troponin-T and normal CK-MB concentrations may reflect some degree of ischemic myocardial cell damage. Because of the small number of patients in the study, the influence of preoperative myocardial injury on perioperative outcome could not be clarified. |
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Authors:
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H Mächler; H Metzler; K Sabin; M Anelli-Monti; P Rehak; B Rigler; H Gombotz |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Anesthesiology Volume: 81 ISSN: 0003-3022 ISO Abbreviation: Anesthesiology Publication Date: 1994 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1995-01-10 Completed Date: 1995-01-10 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1300217 Medline TA: Anesthesiology Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1324-31 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of Graz, Austria. |
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Adult Aged Angina, Unstable / blood*, enzymology, pathology Biological Markers Coronary Artery Bypass* Creatine Kinase / metabolism Electrocardiography Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Humans Intraoperative Complications / diagnosis* Isoenzymes Isoflurane Male Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis Myocardium / pathology* Preanesthetic Medication Preoperative Care Prognosis Troponin / blood* Troponin T |
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0/Biological Markers; 0/Isoenzymes; 0/Troponin; 0/Troponin T; 26675-46-7/Isoflurane; EC 2.7.3.2/Creatine Kinase |
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Anesthesiology. 1994 Dec;81(6):1317-20
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7992897
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