title: The effect of glycoprotein IIIa A1/A2 gene polymorphism on one-year outcome in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GP IIb/IIIa) is a platelet receptor composed of two subunits coded by individual genes. GP IIIa gene has two alleles: A1 and A2. The A2 allele determines higher platelet activity and was investigated many times as a potential risk factor of ACS. The influence of A1/A2 polymorphism on the prognosis in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has not been analysed so far.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Evaluation of the relationship between GP IIb/IIIa A1/A2 gene polymorphism and one-year prognosis in patients with STEMI treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI).
  
  
  METHODS
  171 patients (23.9%--women, 39.7%--anterior MI) with STEMI treated successfully with pPCI as well as 121 healthy subjects from a reference group were enrolled in the study. Genotyping was performed using restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (RFLP). In one-year follow-up the primary end point included deaths and infarctions. The following methods were used in statistical analysis: chi(2) as well as Mann-Whitney test, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, Cox regression model and multivariate analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The percentage of A2 allele carriers was similar in STEMI patients and in subjects from the reference group (27.4% vs. 21.5%, p=0.24). No statistically significant difference in the incidence of primary end point between the A1A1 homozygotes and A2 allele carriers (A1A2/A2A2 genotype) was observed among STEMI patients. In Cox regression analysis, the variables associated with death or MI were: ejection fraction (RR 0.912, p=0.01) and systolic blood pressure on admission (RR 0.97, p=0.049). The variables categorised as unfavourable predictors included: Killip class >2 and heart ratio on admission >100/min (p <0.05, log-rank test).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No relationship between GP IIb/IIIa A1/A2 gene polymorphism and STEMI incidence as well as one-year prognosis in patients with STEMI treated with pPCI was documented.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Kardiologii Akademii Medycznej, ul. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 24a, 15-276 Białystok.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kozieradzka
authors.forename: Karol A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kamiński
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pepiński
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janica
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Korecki
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Skolimowski
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frankowska
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kralisz
authors.forename: Tomasz A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Bonda
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dobrzycki
authors.forename: Włodzimierz J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Musiał
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000235:genetics*; D011044:Poland; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D001241:Aspirin