Zhongguo quanke yixue (Apr 2023)
Analysis of Serum Lipid Level and Drug Use in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Abstract
Background Dyslipidemia is closely related to the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and affects the prognosis of patients. Understanding blood lipid changes in patients with AMI is of great significance for improving lipid-lowering treatments for these patients. Objective To explore the evolution of blood lipid levels in patients with AMI during hospitalization and post-discharge follow-up. Methods This study consecutively selected 457 cases of AMI who were hospitalized in Department of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital from January 1, 2015 to February 28, 2018. They were monitored for blood lipid levels during hospitalization and the first post-discharge follow-up. The patient's medication status was recorded. Results The low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level in AMI patients varied statistically significantly by the measurement time point (P<0.05). Specifically, LDL-C showed a decreasing trend within 24 h after the onset of AMI, then reached (2.21±0.63) mmol/L at about 24 h after the onset, which decreased by (0.98±0.34) mmol/L on average compared with the admission level. After that, the level of LDL-C gradually stabilized. The total cholesterol (TC) level differed statistically significantly across measurement time points (P<0.05). To be specific, it decreased by an average of (1.34±0.46) mmol/L at about 24 h after the onset of the disease, and then stabilized. There were statistically significant differences in the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level of AMI patients at different time points (P<0.05). The HDL-C level of patients decreased within 12 h after onset, and then stabilized. There were statistically significant in triglyceride (TG) levels of AMI patients at different time points (P<0.05). After the onset of the disease, the TG level of the patients increased within 12 h and decreased after 24 h, and then stabilized. In terms of lipid-regulating therapy, 36.8% (168/457) of AMI patients received lipid-regulating therapy before the hospitalization. Among those who were not engaged in lipid-regulating treatment prior to hospitalization, 28.2% (129/457) had already suffered from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. During the hospitalization, 99.2% (453/457) of the patients were treated with lipid-regulating therapy, mainly statins at medium doses. By one year after discharge, only 59.3% (271/457) of patients still regularly took lipid-regulating drugs. In the follow-up period after discharge, 43.7% (200/457) of patients met the standard of blood lipids. Conclusion At about 24 h after the onset of AMI, the LDL-C of AMI patients dropped to the bottom, and the trend of decline was more obvious in those who received no lipid-lowering drugs before hospitalization. The lipid-lowering treatment for them was mainly based on medium-dose statins, and the in-hospital statin usage rate reached 99.2%, but the rate of patients meeting the target LDL-C level during follow-up period was 43.7%, which may be enhanced by improving patient compliance.
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