ArticleCardiovascular diabetology2023
Association of the triglyceride-glucose index with coronary artery disease complexity in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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- Triglyceride-glucose index as a novel predictor of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary revascularization: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.Annals of medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Triglyceride-glucose index and coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of risk, severity, and prognosis.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2023Pooled it
- Association of Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography: A Retrospective Study.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Article
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- Association of Serum Calprotectin and the C-Reactive Protein-Triglyceride-Glucose Index with SYNTAX Score in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Coronary Artery Disease.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Inflammation mediates the association between the triglyceride-glucose index and non-target lesions progression after PCI: a cohort study.Lipids in health and disease · 2026Article
- Low estimated glucose disposal rate predicts high residual syntax score in non-diabetic ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Article
- Association between dynamic changes in the triglyceride-glucose index and prognosis in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Article
- Insulin resistance, left atrial anatomical remodeling, and recurrence in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing radiofrequency ablation.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
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- The predictive significance of the triglyceride-glucose index in forecasting adverse cardiovascular events among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with co-existing hyperuricemia: a retrospective cohort study.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Article
- To study the role of triglyceride glucose index (TyG Index) as a novel biomarker in patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) developing acute coronary syndrome (ACS).Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Advanced Machine Learning to Predict Coronary Artery Disease Severity in Patients with Premature Myocardial Infarction.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Triglyceride-glucose index predicts ventricular aneurysm formation in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
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- The role of insulin resistance in the relationship between uric acid and the severity of coronary artery disease: evidence from real-world data.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Correlation between triglyceride-glucose index and atrial fibrillation in acute coronary syndrome patients: a retrospective cohort study and the establishment of a LASSO-Logistic regression model.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
- Association of RDW-Albumin Ratio, TG-Glucose Index, and PIV with Coronary Artery Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of treatment management on the hospital stay in patients with acute coronary syndrome.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
- Environmental Heavy Metal Exposure and Associated Cardiovascular Diseases in Light of the Triglyceride Glucose Index.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2024Review
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Abstract
aimThe triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index has been shown to be an independent predictor for the progression and prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). Whether the TyG index predicts the severity of CAD in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains unknown.
methodsA total of 1,007 individuals presenting with ACS undergoing coronary angiography were stratified according to the tertiles of the TyG index and The Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (SYNTAX) score (SYNTAX score ≤ 22 versus SYNTAX score > 22). CAD complexity was determined by the SYNTAX score.
resultsAfter adjusting for multiple confounding factors, the TyG index was still an independent risk factor for mid/high SYNTAX scores (SYNTAX score > 22, OR 2.6452, 95% CI 1.9020-3.6786, P < 0.0001). Compared with the lowest tertile of the TyG (T1) group, the risk for a mid/high SYNTAX score in the T2 and T3 groups was 2.574-fold higher (OR, 2.574; 95% CI 1.610-4.112; P < 0.001) and 3.732-fold higher (OR, 3.732; 95% CI 2.330-5.975; P < 0.001), respectively. Furthermore, there was a dose‒response relationship between the TyG index and the risk of complicated CAD (SYNTAX score > 22; nonlinear P = 0.200). The risk for a mid/high SYNTAX score in the T2 and T3 groups was significantly higher in normoglycemia, prediabetes mellitus, and diabetes mellitus subgroups.
conclusionsA higher TyG index was associated with the presence of a higher coronary anatomical complexity (SYNTAX score > 22) in ACS patients, irrespective of diabetes mellitus status. The TyG index might serve as a noninvasive predictor of CAD complexity in ACS patients and could potentially influence the management and therapeutic approach.
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