The Impacts of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir on Myocardial Injury and Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 amid the Omicron Wave of the Pandemic

© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature..

PURPOSE: Even though nirmatrelvir-ritonavir can improve the short-term morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients, the effects of this treatment on long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), especially myocardial injury, remains undetermined.

METHODS: This prospective cohort study identified hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19 between April 19, 2022, and June 9, 2022, amid the omicron wave of the pandemic. Matched nirmatrelvir-ritonavir-treated and non-treated cohorts were formed using the propensity score matching method. The primary outcome of this study was the incidence of MACEs (cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, new-onset heart failure or heart failure hospitalization or ventricular arrhythmia) from 30 days to 16 months after the diagnosis of COVID-19.

RESULTS: Two 949-patient cohorts with balanced baseline characteristics were formed by propensity score matching. Patients with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir, compared to those untreated, had a lower level of troponin I peak as well as the incidence of troponin I elevation. During the follow-up period, 59 patients in the nirmatrelvir-ritonavir group and 86 patients in the control group developed MACEs (P = 0.020). Regarding specific constituents of MACEs, the differences are mainly reflected in new-onset heart failure or heart failure hospitalization. COVID-19 clinical severity and troponin I peak were the independent predictors, while nirmatrelvir-ritonavir was the independent protective factor for the occurrence of MACEs in this population.

CONCLUSION: Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir was effective in reducing myocardial injury as well as long-term adverse cardiovascular outcomes among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 amid the omicron wave of the pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Cardiovascular drugs and therapy - (2024) vom: 11. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gu, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Han, Zhi-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chang-Qian [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jun-Feng [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Major adverse cardiovascular events
Myocardial injury
Nirmatrelvir–ritonavir

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1007/s10557-024-07570-4

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369562755