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Different patterns of NT-proBNP secretion in acute coronary syndromes
Simona Ferraro1, Alessandro Lupi, Giuseppe Marano
1SCDO Cardiologia, Ospedale Maggiore, Novara, Italy. simona.ferraro@maggioreosp.novara.it
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BACKGROUND; The wide variability of NT-proBNP levels in acute coronary syndromes could arise from sympathetic activation and glomerular impairment. The aim of the study was to investigate, in this setting, the dependence of NT-proBNP from Chromogranin A (CgA) and Cystatin C (CC) levels, respectively assessing sympathetic activation and glomerular impairment.
Methods:
In 132 patients, 90 ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (STE-ACS) and 42 non ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS), within 24 h from symptoms and with creatinine levels lower than 141.4 micromol/L, we measured NT-proBNP, CgA and CC levels. In 41 STE-ACS patients we evaluated the kinetic profiles of the markers.
Results:
From the multiple regression model, to investigate the dependence of NT-proBNP from CgA, CC levels, time from symptoms, STE-ACS/NSTE-ACS subsets, gender, adjusting for the effect of left ventricular ejection fraction and age we had evidence of: 1) interactions involving the subsets, the first with CgA levels and the second with age; 2) non linear increasing effect of the delay on NT-proBNP secretion.
Conclusions:
Our data showed that, in the population studied, sympathetic activation and age could affect NT-proBNP secretion yielding different secretory patterns in STE- or NSTE-ACS. Only for STE-ACS we observed higher marker secretion in older patients.
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