Abstract:
Objective To explore the value of plasma myocardial cell damage markers in detecting myocardial injury patients with acute myocardial infraction(AMI).
Methods The plasma cardiac troponin I(CTnI), TNF-α, high sensitive C-reaction protein(hs-CRP) and β2-microglobulin(β2-MG) levels in 184 patients with AMI and 60 controls were determined by radioimmunoassay, and then the comparative analysis were carried on. The positive and negative predictive value, the specificity, the effective rate and the sensitivity of these myocardial cell damage markers at 3 h, 6 h, 9 h after admission to the hospital were determined.
Results The plasma CTnI, TNF-α, hs-CRP and β2-MG levels in 184 patients with AMI were significantly higher than those in 60 controls(tCTnI=6.384, P < 0.001; tTNF-α=2.136, P < 0.05; ths-CRP=5.109, P < 0.001; tβ2-MG=3.185, P < 0.01). The plasma CTnI and hs-CRP levels increased significantly. The specificity of plasma CTnI, TNF-α, hs-CRP and β2-MG were 96.67%, 51.67%, 65.00% and 48.33% respectively in the diagnosis of AMI patients. The sensitivity of these myocardial cell damage markers in the diagnosis of AMI patients at 3 h, 6 h and 9 h after admission were showed as follows:the plasma CTnI were 21.74%, 92.93% and 98.37% respectively; the plasma TNF-α were 17.93%, 65.76% and 69.02% respectively; the plasma hs-CRP were 16.30%, 78.26% and 79.89% respectively, and the plasma β2-MG were 21.20%, 69.57% and 74.46% respectively, and the sensitivity of plasma CTnI was the highest. The positive, negative predict value and effective rate of plasma CTnI were the highest also, and they were 89.67%, 88.33%, 89.24% respectively.
Conclusion The plasma CTnI levels of myocardial cell damage markers was a valuable index in the early diagnosis of AMI, and had clinical value in treatment following.