Periprocedural myocardial infarction enhances the predictive value of inflammatory biomarkers for patients with obstructive coronary artery disease after implantation of drug-eluting stent Anastasia Jesika,1 Zuo-Ying Hu,2 Jing Kan,3 Shao-Liang Chen2 1Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 3Nanjing Heart Center, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China Objective: The present study aims to clarify the long-term clinical importance of interleukin (IL)-6 in predicting major adverse cardiac events (MACE) for an entire cohort of patients with coronary artery disease after implantation of a drug-eluting stent (DES), and its interplay with periprocedural myocardial infarction (PMI). Background: The correlation of proinflammatory biomarkers with occurrence of clinical events, including PMI and mortality, is controversial. Methods: IL-6 was measured in 1,991 patients at admission. The participants were then assigned to two groups: IL-6 level 9 pg/mL and IL-6 level