Objective To explore the effect of bivalirudin on endothelial injury and inflammatory reaction after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in those patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods 90 cases of ACS patients, underwent PCI in our hospital from Feb 2015 to Mar 2016, were collected and randomly divided into two groups, with 45 cases in each group. The control group was given routine heparin treatment, and the study group was administered bivalirudin treatment. Changes of endothelial injury indexes, including plasma endothelin 1 (ET-1), nitric oxide (NO) and von Willebrand factor (vWF), and inflammatory indicators, including interleukin-8 (IL-18), interleukin-10 (IL-10) and high-sensitive C reactive protein (hs-CRP), and cardiac function indexes, including left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), together with incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events between the two groups were compared before and after the PCI operation. Results Before surgery, there was no statistically significant difference in the endothelial injury indexes between the two groups (P>0.05). At 24 h after surgery, the levels of ET-1 and vWF in the study group were lower than those in the control group[(68.37±6.17) vs (101.83±10.24) ng/L, (514.33±86.57) vs (588.92±98.46) U/L], but the level of NO in the study group was higher than that in the control group[(72.42±7.06) vs (58.26±6.49) mmol/L], and their differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). The levels of IL-18, hs-CRP, LVEDV, LVESV and BNP in the study group were significantly lower than those in the control group[(53.84±23.67) vs (73.58±26.79) pg/mL, (7.22±2.74) vs (8.67±3.56) mg/L, (88.63±10.24) vs (95.16±9.58) ml, (32.47±4.26) vs (44.83±5.72) ml, (74.82±7.94) vs (163.51±15.44) ng/L], but the levels of IL-10 and LVEF in the study group were significantly higher than those in the control group[(43.61±6.08) vs (33.56±4.18) pg/mL, (51.82±10.19) vs (39.14±9.28)%](all P<0.05). No significant difference was found in the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events at 1 month after surgery between the two groups (P>0.05). Conclusion For the ACS patients after surgery, treatment with bivalirudin can effectively relieve endothelial injury, reduce inflammatory reaction and restore cardiac function, with higher clinical safety. |