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Published on: May 2, 2018
Can increased intestinal permeability and low-grade endotoxemia be the triggering pathogenesis in isolated coronary
Kenan Toprak1, Mustafa Kaplangoray2, İbrahim Halil Altiparmak1
1Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University.
Purpose:
Isolated coronary artery ectasia (ICAE) is a rare coronary artery disease (CAD) encountered during coronary angiography. Although many mechanisms have been suggested today that may be associated with ICAE, the underlying pathogenesis has not been fully understood. In this study, we aimed to reveal the possible relationship between intestinal permeability and ICAE.
Methods:
Of the 12 850 patients who underwent coronary angiography, 138 consecutive patients with ICAE and 140 age- and sex-matched subjects with normal coronary arteries as the control group and 140 subjects with stenotic CAD were included in the study.
Results:
Serum zonulin and lipopolysaccharide levels were significantly higher in patients with ICAE than in the control group and CAD group. Additionally, zonulin and lipopolysaccharide levels were significantly higher in the CAD group than in the ICAE group. In the correlation analysis, serum zonulin levels were correlated with the mean diameter and length of the ecstatic segment. In multivariate analysis, zonulin and lipopolysaccharide were identified as independent predictors for ICAE.
Conclusion:
These results suggest that there may be a pathophysiological relationship between increased intestinal permeability and ICAE.
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