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Scanning Electron Microscopy of Macerated Tissue to Visualize the Extracellular Matrix
Published on: June 14, 2016
Extracellular matrix turnover biomarkers predict long-term left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction:
Romain Eschalier1, Marie Fertin, Renaud Fay
1INSERM, Centre d'Investigation Clinique CIC-P 9501, Nancy, France.
Background:
Extracellular matrix turnover plays a key role in wound repair after myocardial infarction (MI). The aim of the study was to evaluate whether biomarkers of myocardial fibrosis measurements 1 month after MI may predict left ventricular (LV) remodeling.
Methods And Results:
This prospective multicenter study included 246 patients with a first anterior Q-wave MI. Echocardiographic studies were performed at hospital discharge and 12 months after MI. Brain natriuretic peptide as well as biomarkers of myocardial fibrosis (type 1 collagen telopeptide, aminoterminal propeptide of type I procollagen, aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen) were measured 1 month after MI in 218 patients. In multivariate analysis, aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen/type 1 collagen telopeptide ratio ≤1 (odds ratio [95% confidence interval], 1.86 [1.02-3.39]; P=0.043) 1 month after MI and brain natriuretic peptide >100 pg/mL (2.35 [1.28-4.31]; P=0.006) were associated with a pejorative LV remodeling, whereas LV ejection fraction at discharge (per 5% increment; 0.78 [0.65-0.94]; P=0.01) was independently associated with lower rates of detrimental LV remodeling at 12 months. Patients with high brain natriuretic peptide and aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen/type 1 collagen telopeptide ratio ≤1, measured 1 month after MI, had the highest risk of developing a primary composite event (cardiovascular death or hospitalization for worsening heart failure; 14 events per 216 patients; P=0.0001) during a 3-year follow-up.
Conclusions:
Myocardial fibrosis turnover after MI is associated with LV remodeling. Low aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen/type 1 collagen telopeptide ratio (≤1) at 1 month is predictive, in addition to brain natriuretic peptide and LV ejection fraction, of detrimental LV remodeling as well as cardiovascular deaths and hospitalizations for heart failure.
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