Influence of Serum Apelin and CD40L Expression Levels on Adverse Cardiovascular Events after PCI

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of serum levels of apelin and CD40L on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods: A case–control study was conducted to select patients undergoing PCI in our hospital from June 2020 to June 2022. Patients were divided into the occurrence group and the non-occurrence group according to whether MACEs occurred during the 12-month follow-up after surgery. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the expression levels of serum apelin and CD40L in the two groups, and the correlation between the expression of apelin and CD40L and prognosis was analyzed. Logistic regression analysis was performed on the indicators with differences to analyze the influencing factors of the prognosis of PCI. Results: Compared with the non-occurrence group, the occurrence group had a significantly lower level of apelin and a significantly higher level of CD40L (p < 0.001). Apelin was negatively correlated with the occurrence of MACEs after PCI (r = –0.583, p < 0.001), and CD40L was positively correlated with the occurrence of MACEs after PCI (r = 0.569, p < 0.001). Logistic regression analysis showed that apelin was a protective factor for MACEs after PCI (odds ratio (OR) = 0.248, p < 0.001); CD40L, age, hypertension, and the number of diseased vessels were risk factors for MACEs after PCI (OR = 8.684, 0.018, 0.003, 0.020, p < 0.05). The area under curve (AUC) of apelin combined with CD40L was large, and the predictive value was higher than that of apelin and CD40L alone (AUC values were 0.956, 0.857, 0.905, p < 0.001; p < 0.001; p < 0.001). Conclusions: This study showed that the levels of apelin and CD40L were correlated with MACEs after PCI. Clinicians should pay close attention to the levels of apelin and CD40L in patients after PCI and be alert to the occurrence of MACEs.