Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (Jan 2024)

Acute Myocardial Injury Assessed by High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Levels in Adult Patients with Early Sepsis at a Tertiary Referral Center in Mexico: An Exploratory Study

  • Mauricio Alfredo Ambriz-Alarcón,
  • Daniel Iván Arroyo-Espinosa,
  • Héctor Meugniot-García,
  • Juan Pablo Sánchez-Navarro,
  • Brian Rafael Rubio-Mora,
  • Sol Ramírez-Ochoa,
  • Gabino Cervantes-Guevara,
  • Miguel Robledo-Valdez,
  • Alejandro González-Ojeda,
  • Clotilde Fuentes-Orozco,
  • Francisco Javier Hernández-Mora,
  • Enrique Cervantes-Pérez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd11010028
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
p. 28

Abstract

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The objective of the study was to describe the frequency of acute myocardial injury (AMI) assessed by high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) levels and to determine the possible initial risk factors (related to the characteristics of the patient, the disease, and the initial management) in a population of adult patients with early sepsis (within the first 72 h of diagnosis) in a single tertiary hospital center in western Mexico. For the inferential statistics, the proportions of the categorical dichotomous variables were compared using the chi-square test. In all analyses, p values less than 0.05 with a 95% confidence interval were considered significant. We included a total of 64 patients diagnosed with early sepsis, of whom 46 presented elevated hs-cTnI and were classified as having AMI. In our study, the frequency of AMI in patients with early sepsis was 71.87%, and no significant differences were found in all of the characteristics of patients with early sepsis with and without AMI, nor was any significant association found with any of the variables analyzed. In the population of western Mexico, the frequency of AMI in patients with early sepsis, assessed by hs-cTnI levels, is high and similar to that reported in other populations worldwide.

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