Serial sampling of copeptin levels improves diagnosis and risk stratification in patients presenting with chest pain: results from the CHOPIN trial
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Marston NA, Shah KS, Mueller C, Neath SX, Christenson RH, McCord J, Nowak RM, Daniels LB, Hollander JE, Apple F, Nagurney J, Schreiber D, deFilippi C, Diercks D, Limkakeng A, Anand IS, Wu AH, Jaffe AS, Peacock WF, Maisel AS. Serial sampling of copeptin levels improves diagnosis and risk stratification in patients presenting with chest pain: results from the CHOPIN trial. Emerg Med J. 2016 ;33(1):23-9.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Publication Title
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Copeptin has demonstrated a role in early rule out for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in combination with a negative troponin. However, management of patients with chest pain with a positive copeptin in the setting of a negative troponin is unclear.
METHODS: The multicentre CHOPIN trial enrolled 2071 patients with acute chest pain. Of these, 476 subjects with an initial negative troponin but an elevated copeptin (>14 pmol/L) were included in this study. Copeptin and troponin levels were rechecked at 2 h and the final diagnosis of AMI was made by two independent, blinded cardiologists. Follow-up at 30 days was obtained for major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), including death, AMI and urgent revascularisation.
RESULTS: Of the 476 patients analysed, 365 (76.7%) had a persistently elevated copeptin at 2 h and 111 patients (23.3%) had a copeptin that fell below the cut-off of 14 pmol/L. When the second copeptin was elevated there were 18 AMIs (4.9%) compared with 0 (0%) when the second copeptin was negative (p=0.017), yielding a negative predictive value of 100% (95% CI 96.7% to 100%). On 30-day follow-up there were 36 MACEs (9.9%) in the positive second copeptin group and 2 (1.8%) MACEs in the negative second copeptin group (p=0.006).
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with chest pain with an initial negative troponin but positive copeptin are common and carry an intermediate risk of AMI. A second copeptin drawn 2 h after presentation may help risk stratify and potentially rule out AMI in this cohort.
Medical Subject Headings
Aged; Biomarkers; Chest Pain; Female; Glycopeptides; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; ROC Curve; Risk Assessment; Troponin
PubMed ID
26105583
Volume
33
Issue
1
First Page
23
Last Page
29
