• J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Aug 2013

    Admission wall motion score and quantitative ST-segment depression in the assessment of 30-day mortality in patients with first non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.

    • Jaume Figueras, José A Barrabés, Artur Evangelista, Rosa-Maria Lidón, Laura Gutierrez, Bruno Garcia del Blanco, and David Garcia-Dorado.
    • Àrea del Cor, Servei de Cardiologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. 5751jfb@gmail.com
    • J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 Aug 1;26(8):885-92.

    BackgroundWhether admission myocardial wall motion score (WMS) in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes might be a better predictor of 30-day mortality than currently recognized prognostic markers is unknown.MethodsAdmission echocardiographic and electrocardiographic data as well as coronary angiographic data were prospectively evaluated in 488 patients. Variables analyzed were clinical data, quantitative ST-segment depression, peak troponin I, WMS, ejection fraction, extent of coronary artery disease, and Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score.ResultsSeverity of WMS in quartiles was associated with peak troponin I (quartile 1, 5.2 μg/L; quartile 2, 9.4 μg/L; quartile 3, 11.7 μg/L; quartile 4, 23.7 μg/L; P < .001) and with the sum of all leads with ST-segment depression (quartile 1, -2.5 mm; quartile 2, -3.2 mm; quartile 3, -3.8 mm; quartile 4, -5.1 mm; P < .001). Thirty-day mortality was associated with increased worsening of WMS (quartiles 1, 0.7%; quartile 2, 3.4%; quartile 3, 3.8%; quartile 4, 11.5%; P = .001) and quantitative ST-segment depression (0 mm, 2.7%; <1.0 mm, 1.8%; 1.0-1.9 mm, 3.5%; 2.0-2.9 mm, 7.3%; ≥3.0 mm, 15.0%; P = .008). Mortality was also associated with age (P = .002), diabetes (P = .007), peripheral vascular disease (P < .001), Killip class ≥ II (P < .001), ejection fraction (P < .001), troponin I level (P < .001), three-vessel and/or left main coronary artery disease (P < .001), and admission TIMI risk score (P < .001). Nevertheless, WMS predicted 30-day mortality after adjusting for TIMI risk score (odds ratio per unit increase, 1.14; 95% confidence interval, 1.06-1.21; P < .001) or for TIMI score and Killip class > I (odds ratio per unit increase, 1.11; 95% confidence interval, 1.04-1.19; P = .004).ConclusionsIn comparison with quantitative ST-segment depression, troponin I, and TIMI risk score, WMS on admission is a better early predictor of 30-day mortality in patients with first non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.Copyright © 2013 American Society of Echocardiography. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.

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