title: Baseline serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 level predicts long-term prognosis after coronary revascularizations in stable coronary artery disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to investigate whether baseline serum levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) could predict long-term prognosis of coronary revascularizations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-one consecutive patients receiving coronary revascularizations (58 percutaneous coronary interventions and 33 coronary artery bypass graft surgeries) for stable coronary artery disease (CAD) were studied. Baseline serum levels of high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), MMP-2, -3 and -9 drawn before revascularization were correlated to the clinical adverse events within >12 months after revascularizations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Baseline characteristics were similar between the two groups. There were total 22 major adverse cardiovascular events during a mean period of 27 months. Only baseline serum MMP-9 level independently predicted future cardiovascular events after coronary revascularization either by multivariate analysis (relative risk 3.18, p=0.028) or by Kaplan-Meier analysis (p=0.021).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Baseline serum MMP-9 level predicted the prognosis after coronary revascularizations, suggesting its potential role in risk stratification before revascularization strategies for stable CAD.
authors: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: Zhong-Xuan
authors: ZX
authors: Ye
authors: Hsin-Bang
authors: HB
authors: Leu
authors: Tao-Cheng
authors: TC
authors: Wu
authors: Shing-Jong
authors: SJ
authors: Lin
authors: Jaw-Wen
authors: JW
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9