Elevated serum miR-133a predicts patients at risk of periprocedural myocardial injury after elective percutaneous coronary intervention.

You Zhou, Zhangwei Chen, Ao Chen, Jiaqi Ma, Juying Qian, Junbo Ge

Cardiology journal 2022

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Periprocedural myocardial injury (PMI) is a frequent complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) associated with poor prognosis. However, no effective method has been found to identify patients at risk of PMI before the procedure. MicroRNA-133a (miR-133a) has been reported as a novel biomarker in various cardiovascular diseases. Herein, it was sought to determine whether circulating miR-133a could predict PMI before the procedure. Eighty patients with negative preoperative values of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) receiving elective PCI for stable coronary artery disease (CAD) were recruited. Venous serum samples were collected on admission and within 16-24 hours post-PCI for miRNA measurements. PMI was defined as a cTnT value above the 99% upper reference limit after the procedure. The association between miR-133a and PMI was further assessed. Periprocedural myocardial injury occurred in 48 patients. The circulating level of miR-133a was significantly higher in patients with PMI before and after the procedure (both p < 0.001). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the preoperative miR-133a level revealed an area under the curve of 0.891, with a sensitivity of 93.8% and a specificity of 71.9% to predict PMI. Additionally, a decrease was found in fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) in parallel with an increase in miR-133a levels in patients with PMI. This study demonstrates for the first time that serum miR-133a can be used as a novel biomarker for early identification of stable CAD patients at risk of PMI undergoing elective PCI. The miR-133a-FGFR1 axis may be involved in the pathogenesis of PMI.

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You Zhou, Zhangwei Chen, Ao Chen, Jiaqi Ma, Juying Qian, Junbo Ge. Elevated serum miR-133a predicts patients at risk of periprocedural myocardial injury after elective percutaneous coronary intervention. Cardiology journal. 2022;29(2):284-292