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In Silico Clinical Trials for Cardiovascular Disease
Published on: May 27, 2022
2-hydroxycaproate predicts cardiovascular mortality in patients with atherosclerotic disease
Marina Cardellini1, Marta Ballanti2, Francesca Davato2
1Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy; Center for Atherosclerosis, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Background And Aims:
We aimed to identify novel biomarkers for cardiovascular mortality through a non-targeted metabolomics approach in patients with established atherosclerotic disease from the Tor Vergata Atherosclerosis Registry (TVAR).
Methods:
We compared the serum baseline metabolome of 19 patients with atherosclerosis suffering from cardiovascular death during follow-up with the baseline serum metabolome of 20 control patients matched for age, gender, body mass index (BMI) and atherosclerotic disease status, who survived during the observation period.
Results:
Three metabolites were significantly different in the cardiovascular mortality (CVM) group compared to controls: 2-hydroxycaproate, gluconate and sorbitol. 2-hydroxycaproate (otherwise known as alpha hydroxy caproate) was also significantly correlated with time to death. The metabolites performed better when combined together rather than singularly on the identification of CVM status.
Conclusions:
Our analysis led to identify few metabolites potentially amenable of translation into the clinical practice as biomarkers for specific metabolic changes in the cardiovascular system in patients with established atherosclerotic disease.
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