Key result
Elevated neutrophil and/or AST levels at admission predicted the presence of a totally occluded culprit artery in NSTEMI patients, with an AUC of 0.750 for neutrophil count and 0.731 for AST.
Why the study?
NSTEMI patients with a totally occluded culprit artery who lack very high-risk criteria may miss an immediate invasive strategy, creating a need for predictive admission markers.
Do elevated neutrophil and/or AST levels at admission predict the presence of totally occluded culprit artery in patients with NSTEMI?
Observational (n=357)
No
Do elevated neutrophil and/or AST levels at admission predict the presence of totally occluded culprit artery in patients with NSTEMI?
Effect estimate: AUC 0.750 (95% CI 0.695-0.805)
p-value: p=<0.001
Elevated neutrophil and AST levels at admission can help identify NSTEMI patients with a totally occluded culprit artery who might benefit from an immediate invasive strategy.
May aid NSTEMI risk stratification for occluded culprit arteries; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
A significant proportion of patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) have a totally occluded culprit artery (OCA). If these patients do not meet very high-risk criteria, they may be deprived of an immediate invasive strategy. Therefore, there is a need for markers that can predict OCA in patients with NSTEMI. A total of 357 consecutive patients with NSTEMI but without very high-risk criteria were included in this retrospective study. Two groups were formed: NSTEMI with OCA (n = 106) and NSTEMI with patent culprit artery (PCA) (n = 251). Complete blood count (CBC) and serum biochemical parameters obtained immediately at admission were compared between the groups. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis to predict the presence of OCA was performed for the parameters that were significantly different between the groups, and an area under the curve (AUC) > 0.7 was considered to suggest acceptable discrimination. Neutrophil count [8.13 (2.82-27.88) × 103/µL vs 5.59 (1.85-19.71) × 103/µL, P < .001] and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level [45 (12-405) U/L vs 25 (5-143) U/L, P < .001] were significantly higher in patients with OCA. The AUC was 0.750 for neutrophil count and 0.731 for AST level. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value (NPV) of elevated neutrophil and/or AST levels for the presence of OCA were 77.4%, 70.1%, 52.2%, and 88.0%, respectively. More strikingly, the specificity was 95.2% in the presence of both neutrophil and AST elevation. Elevated neutrophil and/or AST levels at admission were strongly associated with the presence of OCA in patients with NSTEMI.
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Yıldırım et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) (n=357). Elevated neutrophil count and/or AST level vs. Normal neutrophil count and AST level was evaluated on Presence of totally occluded culprit artery (OCA) (AUC 0.750, 95% CI 0.695-0.805, p=<0.001). Elevated neutrophil and/or AST levels at admission predicted the presence of a totally occluded culprit artery in NSTEMI patients, with an AUC of 0.750 for neutrophil count and 0.731 for AST.
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