Abstract:Objective To investigate the evaluation value of cardiac troponin I (cTnI), apolipoprotein A-Ⅰ (ApoA-Ⅰ), and coronary artery computed tomography angiography for myocardial injury in septic patients.Methods A total of 85 septic patients admitted to our hospital from January 2022 to December 2024 were enrolled and divided into a myocardial injury group (n = 52) and a non-myocardial injury group (n = 33). All patients underwent coronary artery computed tomography angiography, and serum levels of cTnI and ApoA-Ⅰ were measured. Logistic regression was used to analyze risk factors for myocardial injury, and ROC curves were applied to assess the predictive value of combined cTnI and ApoA-Ⅰ.Results Comparison between the myocardial injury group and the non-myocardial injury group showed that the differences in the rates of non-stenotic deep myocardial bridges and the rates of no obvious stenosis or plaques were statistically significant as determined by the chi-square test (P < 0.05). There were also statistically significant differences in the levels of cTnI and ApoA-Ⅰ between the myocardial injury group and the non-myocardial injury group as tested by the t-test (P < 0.05). Specifically, the serum cTnI level in the myocardial injury group was higher than that in the non-myocardial injury group, while the ApoA-Ⅰ level in the myocardial injury group was lower than that in the non-myocardial injury group. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the presence of no obvious stenosis or plaques [O^R = 21.284 (95% CI: 1.612, 281.105) ], non-stenotic deep myocardial bridges [O^R = 56.436 (95% CI: 1.823, 1 736.132) ], elevated serum cTnI [O^R = 16.754 (95% CI: 1.702, 164.978) ], and decreased ApoA-Ⅰ [O^R = 1 085.952 (95% CI: 3.811, 309 451.857) ] were risk factors for myocardial injury in patients with sepsis (P < 0.05).The ROC curve analysis indicated that the combined detection of serum cTnI and ApoA-Ⅰ for predicting myocardial injury in sepsis patients had a sensitivity of 83.9% (95% CI: 0.719, 0.931) and a specificity of 92.6% (95% CI: 0.798, 0.993).Conclusion Coronary artery computed tomography angiography characteristics differ significantly between septic patients with and without myocardial injury. The combination of cTnI, ApoA-Ⅰ, and coronary artery computed tomography angiography improves early identification of myocardial injury in sepsis.