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Studies on the correlation between cystatin C level and chronic heart failure in diagnosing and shortterm prognosis

  

  1. 1.Department Ⅲ of Cardiology, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China;
    2.Department of Cardiology, the People′s Hospital of Gaocheng City, Hebei Province, Gaocheng 052160, China
  • Online:2016-12-25 Published:2016-12-29

Abstract: Abstract ] Objective ToinvestigatetherelationshipbetweencystatinC ( CysC ) leveland
chronicheartfailure ( CHF ) indiagnosingandshort-termprognosis.Methods Onehundredand
thirty-eightpatientswithCHFwerechoosedastheCHFgroup , 50caseshealthypeoplewere
choosedasthecontrolgroup.N-terminalpro-B-typenatriureticpeptide ( NT-proBNP ), CysC ,
serumcreatinine ( SCr ), urea , uricacid ( UA ), leftventricularejectionfraction ( LVEF ) were
measuredinthecontrolgroupandtheCHFgroupbeforeandaftertreatment.TheCHFgroup
wasfollowedupfor6monthstorecordall-causemortality , rehospitalizationforCHFandmajor
cardiovascularevents ( heartfailure , acutecoronary syndrome , arrhythmia associated with
hemodynamicdisorder ) .Results ThelevelsofNT-proBNPandCysCoftheCHFgroupwere
significantlyhigherthanthatofthecontrolgroup , andthevaluesweregraduallyincreasedwith
theworseningofheartfunction.ThelevelofLVEFoftheCHFgroupwassignificantlylower
thanthatofthecontrolgroup , andLVEFvaluewasgraduallyreducedwiththeworseningof
heartfunction.NT-proBNP , CysCandUAbeforetreatmentweresignificantlyhigherthanthat aftertreatment , LVEF beforetreatmentwaslowerthanthataftertreatment.NT-proBNP ,
CysC , ScrandUAoftheeventgroupwerehigherthanthatofthenongroup , LVEFoftheevent
groupwassignificantlylowerthanthatofthenongroup.Logisticanalysisshowedthathighlevel
ofCysC , highlevelofNT-proBNPandlowlevelofLVEF wereindependentriskfactorsfor
recentcardiovascularadverseevents.Conclusion ThelevelofCysC , NT-proBNPandLVEFare
closelyrelatedtoCHF , theycanreflecttheseverityofcardiacfunction.ThelevelofLVEF ,
CysCandNT-proBNParecloselyrelatedtotheshort-termprogn

Key words: heart failure, cystatin C, prognosis