Published online Apr 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i7.1232
Peer-review started: December 21, 2019
First decision: January 17, 2020
Revised: February 25, 2020
Accepted: March 9, 2020
Article in press: March 9, 2020
Published online: April 6, 2020
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Depression is common in patients with myocardial infarction and has been independently associated with adverse outcomes. However, the association between depression and myocardial injury on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has still not been assessed.
To assess the association between depression and myocardial injury on CMR in patients with STEMI.
A total of 107 STEMI patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (P-PCI) were analyzed in this prospectivecohort study. Each subject completed the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) to assess the presence and severity of depressive symptoms. CMR was performed at a median of 3 d after P-PCI for quantifying post-MI myocardial injury. Correlations between depression identified by the PHQ-9 and myocardial injury measured on CMR were assessed.
In this study, 19 patients (17.8%) were diagnosed with major depression identified by the PHQ-9 ≥ 10. PHQ-9 was analyzed both as a continuous variable and dichotomous variable. After multivariable adjustment, the proportion of patients with large infarction size was significantly higher in the major depression group (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) (OR: 4.840, 95%CI: 1.122–20.868, P =0.034). When the PHQ-9 was evaluated as a continuous variable, after multivariable adjustment, an increased PHQ-9 score was associated with an increased risk of large infarction size (OR: 1.226, 95%CI: 1.073–1.401, P =0.003).
In patients with STEMI undergoing PCI, depression was independently associated with a large infarction size.
Core tip: This is a prospective study with 107 ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention(P-PCI).The association between depression and myocardial injury measured on cardiac magnetic resonance was evaluated. Depression could predict large infarction size in patients with STEMI undergoing P-PCI .