Usefulness of serum lipoprotein (a) as a predictor of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
- 15 March 1992
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The American Journal of Cardiology
- Vol. 69 (8), 736-739
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9149(92)90497-m
Abstract
Serum lipoprotein (a) (Lp[a]) has been associated with coronary artery atherosclerosis. Its association with restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has not been previously studied. Serum levels of Lp(a), in addition to other lipoproteins, and their components using standard assays, were determined in subjects undergoing cardiac catheterization within 10 months after PTCA. Clinical (e.g., sex, diabetes, angina class) and angiographic (e.g., PTCA percent diameter reduction) factors were not different between the group without (diameter reduction < 50%; group A) and the group with (diameter reduction ≥50%; Group B) restenosis. Total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-I, apolipoprotein B and Lp(a) were compared. Univariate predictors of restenosis were serum triglycerides (2.50 ± 1.07 mmol/liter for group A vs 1.72 ±0.79 ±mmol/liter for group B, p = 0.008), and Lp(a) (median: 7.0 mg/dl [range 0 to 44] for group A vs 19 mg/dl [range 1 to 120] for group B; p = 0.006). Stepwise logistic regression revealed the only significant independent predictor of restenosis to be serum Lp(a) (p = 0.018). Each quintile of Lp(a) was associated with a progressively higher risk of restenosis, with the highest quintile (40 to 120 mg/dl) having an odds ratio of 11 (95% confidence interval 9 to 13) compared with the lowest quintile (0 to 3.9 mg/dl) (p = 0.033). A serum Lp(a) of >19 mg/dl was associated with an odds ratio of 5.9 (95% confidence interval 4.6 to 7.2) (restenosis rates of 58% in the group with 0 to 19 mg/dl and 89% in the group with 19 to 120 mg/dl; p = 0.006). Hence, serum Lp(a) appears to be a potent predictor of restenosis in subjects returning for coronary arteriography after PTCA.Keywords
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