Long-term survival and causes of death in patients with ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome without obstructive coronary artery disease

Hedvig Bille Andersson; Frants Pedersen; Thomas Engstrøm; Steffen Helqvist; Morten Kvistholm Jensen; Erik Jørgensen; Henning Kelbæk; Sune Bernd Emil Werner Räder; Kari Saunamäki; Eric Bates; Peer Grande; Lene Holmvang; Peter Clemmensen

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Long-term survival and causes of death in patients with ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome without obstructive coronary artery disease

Hedvig Bille Andersson, Frants Pedersen, Thomas Engstrøm, Steffen Helqvist, Morten Kvistholm Jensen, Erik Jørgensen, Henning Kelbæk, Sune Bernd Emil Werner Räder, Kari Saunamäki, Eric Bates, Peer Grande, Lene Holmvang, Peter Clemmensen

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We aimed to study survival and causes of death in patients with ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (STE-ACS) with and without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and results We included 4793 consecutive patients with STE-ACS triaged for acute coronary angiography at a large cardiac invasive centre (2009-2014). Of these, 88% had obstructive CAD (stenosis ≥50%), 6% had non-obstructive CAD (stenosis 1-49%), and 5% had normal coronary arteries. Patients without obstructive CAD were younger and more often female with fewer cardiovascular risk factors. Median follow-up time was 2.6 years. Compared with patients with obstructive CAD, the short-term hazard of death (≤30 days) was lower in both patients with nonobstructive CAD [hazard ratio (HR) 0.49, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.27-0.89, P = 0.018] and normal coronary arteries (HR 0.31, 95% CI 0.11-0.83, P = 0.021). In contrast, the long-term hazard of death (>30 days) was similar in patients with non-obstructive CAD (HR 1.15, 95% CI 0.77-1.72, P = 0.487) and higher in patients with normal coronary arteries (HR 2.44, 95% CI 1.58-3.76, P < 0.001), regardless of troponin levels. Causes of death were cardiovascular in 70% of patients with obstructive CAD, 38% with non-obstructive CAD, and 32% with normal coronary arteries. Finally, patients without obstructive CAD had lower survival compared with an age and sex matched general population. Conclusions STE-ACS patients without obstructive CAD had a long-term risk of death similar to or higher than patients with obstructive CAD. Causes of death were less often cardiovascular. This suggests that STE-ACS patients without obstructive CAD warrant medical attention and close follow-up.

Original language	English
Journal	European Heart Journal
Volume	39
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	102–110
ISSN	0195-668X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehx491
Publication status	Published - 7 Jan 2018

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Andersson, H. B., Pedersen, F., Engstrøm, T., Helqvist, S., Jensen, M. K., Jørgensen, E., Kelbæk, H., Räder, S. B. E. W., Saunamäki, K., Bates, E., Grande, P., Holmvang, L., & Clemmensen, P. (2018). Long-term survival and causes of death in patients with ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome without obstructive coronary artery disease. European Heart Journal, 39(2), 102–110. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehx491

Andersson, HB, Pedersen, F, Engstrøm, T, Helqvist, S, Jensen, MK, Jørgensen, E, Kelbæk, H, Räder, SBEW, Saunamäki, K, Bates, E, Grande, P, Holmvang, L & Clemmensen, P 2018, 'Long-term survival and causes of death in patients with ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome without obstructive coronary artery disease', European Heart Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 102–110. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehx491

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Long-term survival and causes of death in patients with ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome without obstructive coronary artery disease

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