Prognostic impacts of β-blockers in acute coronary syndrome patients without heart failure treated by percutaneous coronary intervention. (July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Run-Zhen; Liu, Chen; Zhou, Peng; Li, Jian-Nan; Zhou, Jin-Ying; Wang, Ying; Zhao, Xiao-Xiao; Chen, Yi; Song, Li; Zhao, Han-Jun; Yan, Hong-Bing
• Is Part Of: Pharmacological research. Volume 169(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-07
• Subjects: β-blockers -- Acute coronary syndrome -- Heart failure -- Percutaneous coronary intervention; Pharmacology -- Periodicals; Pharmacology -- Periodicals; Research -- Periodicals; Médicaments -- Recherche -- Périodiques; Pharmacologie -- Périodiques; 615.105
• DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105614
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1043-6618

Abstract

Abstracts: Background: The use of β-blockers for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients without heart failure (HF) is controversial, and lacks of evidence in the era of reperfusion and intensive secondary preventions. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic impacts of β-blockers on patients with ACS but no HF treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods: A total of 2397 consecutive patients with ACS but no HF treated by PCI were retrospectively recruited from January 2010 to June 2017. Univariable Cox regression was used to assess the prognostic impacts of β-blockers, followed by adjusted analysis, one-to-one propensity score matching (PSM), and inverse probability treatment weighting (IPTW) analysis, in order to control for systemic between-group differences. The primary outcome was all-cause death. Results: Among the included patients, 2060 (85.9%) were prescribed with β-blockers at discharge. The median follow-up time was 727 (433–2016) days, with 55 (2.3%) cases of all-cause death. Unadjusted analysis showed that the use of β-blockers was associated with lower risk of death (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.42, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.23–0.76, P = 0.004), which was sustained in adjusted analysis (HR: 0.53, 95% CI: 0.29–0.98, P = 0.044), PSM analysis (HR: 0.44, 95% CI: 0.20–0.96, P = 0.039) and IPTW analysis (HR: 0.49. 95% CI: 0.35–0.70, P < 0.001). Risk reduction was also seen in β-blocker users for cardiac death, but not for major adverse cardiovascular events. Conclusions: The use of β-blockers was associated with reduced long-term mortality for ACS-PCI patients without HF. Graphical Abstract: ga1