Research Article

Association between Variation of Troponin and Prognosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction before and after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Table 3

Correlation analysis: associations between patient characteristics and cTnI on admission prior PPCI, peak troponin levels after PPCI, and the △cTnI level difference before and after PPCI.

cTnI on admission prior PPCIPeak troponin levels after PPCI△cTnI level difference before and after PPCI
Correlation coefficient valueCorrelation coefficient valueCorrelation coefficient value

Time from symptom onset to admission0.432<0.001−0.0040.880−0.161<0.001
TIMI flow grade prior PPCI0.0460.059−0.206≤0.001−0.214<0.001
Minimum vessel diameter prior PPCI0.0140.552−0.0650.010−0.214<0.001
The use of IABP0.0360.1360.0250.3130.0560.081
GRACE score0.0700.0110.0460.1480.0170.637
Number of stents−0.0370.122<0.0010.985−0.0280.383
Target lesion types−0.0320.1660.0210.3680.0910.005
The status of target organ thrombosis−0.0530.0340.160<0.0010.154<0.001
The target organ completed occlusion or not−0.0680.0050.197<0.0010.203<0.001
The target lesion involves branches or not0.0630.0090.0060.816−0.0310.335
The target organ calcified or not−0.0340.165−0.0310.2240.0250.446
Minimum vessel diameter after PPCI−0.0210.3860.0180.4770.0190.563
TIMI flow grade after PPCI0.0260.2800.0500.048−0.0010.966
LAD on discharge0.0510.0460.135<0.0010.145<0.001
LVEDV on discharge0.0670.0070.116<0.0010.139<0.001
EF on discharge−0.145<0.001−0.156<0.001−0.091<0.001

cTnI, cardiac troponin I; PPCI, primary percutaneous coronary intervention; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; LAD, left atrial diameter; LVEDV, left ventricular end systolic volume; EF, ejection fraction.