Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Elevated eosinophils typically indicate hypersensitive inflammation; however, their involvement in cardiovascular events remains incompletely understood. We investigated the association between the absolute eosinophil count (AEC) and major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Additionally, we determine whether the integration of AEC with the SYNTAX II score could improve predictive ability. METHODS AND RESULTS: The AECs of 1711 patients with ACS undergoing PCI from June 2016 to November 2017 were analyzed on admission. All recruitments were splitted into three groups based on AEC tertiles and 101 participants underwent one or more noteworthy outcomings. The association between AEC and MACCEs (defined as a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction [MI], and stroke) was tested by Cox proportional-hazards regression analysis. After adjusting for confounders, AEC was independently associated with MACCEs (HR 11.555, 95% CI: 3.318-40.239). Patients in the lowest AEC tertile (T1) as a reference, those in the higher tertiles had an incrementally higher risk of MACCEs (T3: HR 1.848 95% CI: 1.157-2.952; P for trend=0.008). Inclusion of AEC enhanced the predictive accuracy of the SYNTAX II score for MACCEs (AUC: from 0.701 [95% CI: 0.646-0.756] to 0.728 [95% CI: 0.677-0.780]; DeLong's test, P = 0.020). CONCLUSION: AEC is independently linked to MACCEs in ACS patients who underwent PCI, and adds incremental predictive information to the SYNTAX II score.