Abstract:Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of ticagrelor in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) patients accompanied with obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods A retrospective analysis was made on 194 cases of NSTE-ACS combined with COPD from January to November 2018 in the Department of Cardiology of the Fourth People′s Hospital of Shaanxi Province. According to the usage of antiplatelet drugs, they were divided into ticagrelor group (n=96) and clopidogrel group (n=98). All of them underwent elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The patients of the ticagrelor group were given at a loading dose of 180 mg preoperatively, and at 90 mg, twice a day post-operatively or to those non-operative patients. While, those of clopidogrel group were given 300 mg preoperatively, 75 mg, twice a day post-operatively, and 75mg to the non-operative patients. In 1 month after administration, improvement of dyspnea, score of British Medical Research Council Scale (mMRC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), percentage of FEV1 to the predicted value (FEV1% pred) and FEV1/FVC were evaluated and compared between the 2 groups. The incidence of major adverse cardio-cerebrovascular events (MACCE) and bleeding events were also compared after 6 months of follow-up. SPSS statistics 22.0 was used for data analysis. Student′s t test or Chi-square test was applied to make comparison between 2 groups according to the different data types. Results There were no significant differences in age, gender, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia,unstable angina pectoris and proportion of patients undergoing PCI between the 2 groups (P>0.05). One month later, no significant differences were found in the score of clinical dyspnea symptoms (2.2±0.6 vs 1.4±0.8), mMRC score (3.4±0.5 vs 2.9±0.9), FEV1/FVC [(75.7±4.6)% vs (71.0±9.2)%] and FEV1% pred [(69.1±6.6)% vs (67.6±5.9)%] between the clopidogrel group and the ticagrelor group (P>0.05). After 6 months of follow-up, the incidence of MACCE was significantly lower in the ticagrelor group than the clopidogrel group [5.2%(5/96) vs 12.2%(12/98), P=0.043], but no difference was seen in that of bleeding events [19.8%(19/96) vs 10.2%(10/98), P=0.061]. Conclusion Ticagrelor does not affect the pulmonary ventilation function in patients with NSTE-ACS and COPD, and effectively reduces the risk of short-term MACCE, and has no effect on the incidence of bleeding events.