scholarly journals Acute myocardial injury is common in patients with COVID-19 and impairs their prognosis

Heart ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 106 (15) ◽  
pp. 1154-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Fu Wei ◽  
Fang-Yang Huang ◽  
Tian-Yuan Xiong ◽  
Qi Liu ◽  
Hong Chen ◽  
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ObjectiveWe sought to explore the prevalence and immediate clinical implications of acute myocardial injury in a cohort of patients with COVID-19 in a region of China where medical resources are less stressed than in Wuhan (the epicentre of the pandemic).MethodsWe prospectively assessed the medical records, laboratory results, chest CT images and use of medication in a cohort of patients presenting to two designated covid-19 treatment centres in Sichuan, China. Outcomes of interest included death, admission to an intensive care unit (ICU), need for mechanical ventilation, treatment with vasoactive agents and classification of disease severity. Acute myocardial injury was defined by a value of high-sensitivity troponin T (hs-TnT) greater than the normal upper limit.ResultsA total of 101 cases were enrolled from January to 10 March 2020 (average age 49 years, IQR 34–62 years). Acute myocardial injury was present in 15.8% of patients, nearly half of whom had a hs-TnT value fivefold greater than the normal upper limit. Patients with acute myocardial injury were older, with a higher prevalence of pre-existing cardiovascular disease and more likely to require ICU admission (62.5% vs 24.7%, p=0.003), mechanical ventilation (43.5% vs 4.7%, p<0.001) and treatment with vasoactive agents (31.2% vs 0%, p<0.001). Log hs-TnT was associated with disease severity (OR 6.63, 95% CI 2.24 to 19.65), and all of the three deaths occurred in patients with acute myocardial injury.ConclusionAcute myocardial injury is common in patients with COVID-19 and is associated with adverse prognosis.

Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 130 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yashashwi Pokharel ◽  
Wensheng Sun ◽  
Dennis Villarael ◽  
Elizabeth Selvin ◽  
Salim Virani ◽  
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Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with higher CVD risk. High sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT) is a marker of myocardial injury and an emerging marker for heart failure (HF) risk prediction. We examined whether hsTnT is associated with increased HF risk in people with similar number of MS components present at baseline in 10316 ARIC participants without prevalent HF. Methods: We used Wald Chi-square test to assess the interaction between MS and hsTnT and Cox model for the association of incident HF hospitalization by hsTnT categories across groups created by the number of MS components after adjusting for risk factors and NT-proBNP (Table). Results: The mean age of the study population was 63 (SD, 6) years (56% women). Mean hsTnT levels were higher with increasing MS components (Table). There were 1353 HF hospitalizations over a median of 14 years. The interaction of MS with hsTnT for HF was borderline significant (p-interaction 0.059). Compared to individuals without MS and hsTnT<5 ng/L the HRs (95%CIs) were 1.7 (1.4-2.1) in those without MS and hsTnT≥5 ng/L; 1.7 (1.3-2.1) in MS and hsTnT<5 ng/L; and 3.6 (3.0-4.4) in MS and hsTnT≥5 ng/L. In groups with 1-5 MS components present, increasing hsTnT was significantly associated with higher hazards for HF in each group with the highest HR in those with all 5 MS components (Table). Conclusion: Presence of higher MS risk components was associated with increasing subclinical myocardial injury as assessed by higher hsTnT. The hazards for HF were numerically similar in individuals without MS but detectable hsTnT (>5 ng/L) as to those with MS but undetectable hsTnT. In people with similar number of MS components higher hsTnT levels were associated with increased HF hazards suggesting that in MS hsTnT could be a useful marker for identifying those at higher risk for incident HF.


Circulation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 140 (Suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David E Hamilton ◽  
Bradley J Petek ◽  
Lindsay G Panah ◽  
Sean R Mendez ◽  
Philip E Dormish ◽  
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Introduction: Myocardial injury is common after out-of-hospital-cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, little is known about the role of early serial hs-TnT in patients with OHCA for identifying myocardial injury, and whether the prevalence and severity of injury differs according to cardiac (CV) vs noncardiac (non-CV) cause of OHCA. Hypothesis: Early hs-TnT will demonstrate high rates of myocardial injury after OHCA regardless of etiology. However, in the first 6 hours after OHCA the extent of hs-TnT elevation and rate of rise will be higher in patients with CV vs non-CV etiology. Methods: Multicenter retrospective study including OHCA patients presenting from 4/1/2018 to 4/1/2019. Hs-TnT was drawn as part of routine clinical care. Results: Baseline hs-TnT was measured in 120 patients after OHCA due to CV (n=51) and non-CV (n=69) etiologies, with subsequent serial hs-TnT values at 1hr, 3hrs, and 6hrs. Hs-TnT was greater than the 99 th percentile in 97% (115/120) of patients and myocardial injury (hs-TnT> 52ng/L) was detected in 88% (105/120) of patients (no difference between CV vs non-CV etiology). Median hs-TnT values were compared between CV and non-CV etiologies of OHCA identifying no difference in hs-TnT at baseline (Figure: 54 [IQR 18-134] vs. 41 [IQR 19-100]; p=0.357) but significantly higher hs-TnT in patients with CV etiology at 1hr (159 [IQR 80-392] vs 93 [IQR 42-247]; p=0.049), 3hrs (400 [IQR 168-1005] vs 151 [IQR 75-401] p=0.009), and 6hrs (746 [IQR 248-1965] vs 251 [IQR 75-580]; p=0.001). Additionally, hs-TnT rise from baseline was present in both CV and non-CV etiologies but was significantly higher in patients with CV etiology (p = 0.005). Conclusions: As identified by hs-TnT, myocardial injury was prevalent in patients with both CV and non-CV cause of OHCA. Baseline hs-TnT was no different in patients with CV vs non-CV cause, however, over the first 6 hours both absolute value and rate of hs-TnT rise were significantly higher for patients with CV vs non-CV etiology of OHCA.


2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (06) ◽  
pp. 467-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio Nassau Machado ◽  
Fernando Bruetto Rodrigues ◽  
Ingrid Hellen Grigolo ◽  
Amália Tieco Rocha Sabbag ◽  
Osvaldo Lourenço Silva ◽  
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Abstract Background Periprocedural myocardial injury after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may affect the patient's prognosis and may be due to a different set of factors beyond the atherosclerotic plaque instability. Considering the challenges in the diagnosis of myocardial injury after CABG, the aim of this study was to determine the association between postoperative early elevation of high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT) and all-cause 30-day mortality after CABG. Methods We enrolled 600 consecutive patients who underwent CABG. The hsTnT value was measured immediately before surgery and in the morning of the first postoperative day. Results The baseline hsTnT was 13 ng/L (7–26 ng/L) and 273 patients (45.7%) had baseline hsTnT above the 99th percentile/upper reference limit (URL) (14 ng/L). The median for hsTnT at first postoperative day was 235 ng/L (152–425 ng/L). We calculated the postoperative hsTnT ratio to URL for each patient, representing the number of times exceeding the URL (hsTnT value divided by 14 ng/L). The multivariate analysis by Cox proportional hazard model revealed that age (years) (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.13, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07–1.20; p < 0.001) and postoperative hsTnT ratio to URL (per 10-fold increase) (HR = 1.06, 95% CI: 1.04–1.08; p < 0.001) were independent predictors of all-cause 30-day mortality after CABG. Conclusion In our series, age and higher postoperative hsTnT levels were independent and reliable predictors of all-cause 30-day mortality after CABG.


Chemotherapy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 334-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pooja Advani ◽  
Jonathan Hoyne ◽  
Alvaro Moreno-Aspita ◽  
Marcia Dubin ◽  
Shelly Brock ◽  
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Background/Aims: Doxorubicin (DOX) and trastuzumab (TRA) are associated with cardiac dysfunction. Method: High-sensitivity troponin T (hs-TnT) and brain natriuretic peptide attached to the amino acid N-terminal fragment in the prohormone (NT-proBNP) were measured before and on days +1, +2, +3, and +7 during cycles 1 and 2 of therapy with DOX or TRA in breast cancer patients. Results: Five of eleven DOX-treated women, compared with 2/11 TRA-treated women, had undetectable baseline hs-TnT. By day +1 of cycle 2, all the DOX-treated women (p = 0.03) but only 7/11 TRA-treated women (p = ns) had detectible hs-TnT. Time to peak was 1-2 days for both groups. In the DOX-treated women, hs-TnT showed significant peaks from precycle baseline, increases in precycle 1 to precycle 2 levels, and a cycle 1 to cycle 2 peak and area under the curve (AUC). hs-TnT increased from precycle (1, 4.6 ± 6.3 pg/mL) to a cycle 2 peak of 16.1 ± 15.0 pg/mL (p < 0.002). No increases were seen with the TRA treatment. Transient posttreatment increases in NT-proBNP were seen after both therapies. Conclusion: DOX was associated with increased pretreatment baseline, peak, and AUC hs-TnT levels. Both DOX and TRA acutely perturb NT-proBNP. Assessment of pre- and posttreatment hs-TnT could be a means of quantifying cumulative myocardial injury in the course of chemotherapy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Kadesjo ◽  
A Roos ◽  
A J Siddiqui ◽  
U Sartipy ◽  
M J Holzmann

Abstract Background Information about causes of death in patients with non-ischemic acute and chronic myocardial injury is limited. Purpose To explore causes of death, mortality rates and risks of cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular causes of death in patients with type 1 MI (T1MI), type 2 MI (T2MI), and acute and chronic myocardial injury compared with patients without myocardial injury. Methods From a cohort of 39,558 patients who visited the ED at our University Hospital during 2011–2014 and who had high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) levels measured, we identified 3,853 patients with hs-cTnT levels above the 99th percentile value and categorised them into the following groups: i) T1MI, ii) T2MI, iii) acute and iv) chronic myocardial injury. Among these we included all patients who died during follow-up. Causes of death were obtained from the Swedish Cause-of-Death register. All deaths among patients without myocardial injury (n=819) from the same cohort were used for comparison. We calculated incidence rates of cause-specific deaths in the different groups and used logistic regression to estimate odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) adjusted for age and sex for different causes of death, using patients without myocardial injury as referent. Results 2,285 patients died during follow-up at a mean age of 76 (±13) years of whom 46% were female. Patients without myocardial injury died at a younger age (mean 70 years) compared with patients in the groups with myocardial injury (mean 79–82 years). The proportion of cardiovascular (CV) deaths were considerably higher in patients with T1MI (48%), T2MI (39%), acute (43%), and chronic (45%) myocardial injury compared with patients with no myocardial injury (25%). 42% of patients without myocardial injury died from cancer, compared with 18% to 24% among patients with different myocardial injury. Age- and sex-adjusted incidence rates for CV-death were similar for T1MI, T2MI and acute myocardial injury (27 per 100 person-years), slightly lower in patients with chronic myocardial injury (22 per 100 person-years) and almost half in patients with no myocardial injury (14 per 100 person-years). The adjusted ORs with 95% CIs for CV death were highest in patients with T1MI (1.99, 1.48–2.69) and acute myocardial injury (1.72, 1.29–2.11), while only marginally lower in patients with T2MI and chronic myocardial injury (1.43, (0.94–2.16), and 1.65, (1.29–2.11) respectively). Conclusions Patients with T1MI and acute or chronic myocardial injury have similar risks to die from cardiovascular causes. Patients without myocardial injury died younger and the proportions of cancer-related deaths were twice as high as in the groups with myocardial injury. Proportions and risks of CV-death among patients with T2MI were higher than in patients without myocardial injury, but lower than in patients with T1MI and acute or chronic myocardial injury. Acknowledgement/Funding None


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaleb Kramer ◽  
Benton Hunter, MD ◽  
Phillip Levy, MD ◽  
Sean Collins, MD ◽  
Katie Lane, MS ◽  
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Background and Hypothesis:   Myocardial injury in acute heart failure (AHF) contributes to worse outcomes.  Whether there are sex-based differences in organ injury in AHF is not well known. This study was designed to assess potential sex-based differences in myocardial injury, as defined by high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT) levels, in patients presenting in ED with AHF. We hypothesized that men with AHF have higher hsTnT levels.  Project Methods:  This is a preliminary analysis from the TACIT study, a large, prospective, multi-center, observational, biomarker cohort study.  Adult patients diagnosed and treated for AHF, with a systolic blood pressure >100mmHg, and enrolled within 3 hours of first AHF therapy were eligible. Febrile patients, short life-expectancy, ACS, AF with RVR >130bpm, transplant, VAD, or ESRD were excluded. hsTnT were drawn at baseline and 3 hours later.  Hemolyzed samples were disregarded as hemolysis falsely lowers hsTnT. A multivariable linear regression model was used to adjust for potential differences in baseline hsTnT using clinically meaningful covariates.    Results:  Of 527 enrolled, 499 comprised the final analysis set.  Of these patients, 413 had a non-hemolyzed baseline hsTnT. Notably, more men than women were enrolled; men had higher mean baseline hsTnT values (48.3ng/mL, SD(74.5)) than women (28.3ng/mL SD(39.9)). After multivariable adjustment, baseline hsTnT differences by sex remained significant (p <0.0001).  Conclusion and Potential Impact:  Men with AHF have higher baseline levels of myocardial injury than women. These differences may need to be taken into account for risk-stratification as well as management. 


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