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Aspromonte N, Gulizia MM, Clerico A, Di Tano G, Emdin M, Feola M, Iacoviello M, Latini R, Mortara A, Valle R, Misuraca G, Passino C, Masson S, Aimo A, Ciaccio M, Migliardi M. ANMCO/ELAS/SIBioC Consensus Document: biomarkers in heart failure. Eur Heart J Suppl 2017; 19:D102-D112. [PMID: 28751838 PMCID: PMC5520761 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/sux027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Biomarkers have dramatically impacted the way heart failure (HF) patients are evaluated and managed. A biomarker is a characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biological or pathogenic processes, or pharmacological responses to a therapeutic intervention. Natriuretic peptides [B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal proBNP] are the gold standard biomarkers in determining the diagnosis and prognosis of HF, and a natriuretic peptide-guided HF management looks promising. In the last few years, an array of additional biomarkers has emerged, each reflecting different pathophysiological processes in the development and progression of HF: myocardial insult, inflammation, fibrosis, and remodelling, but their role in the clinical care of the patient is still partially defined and more studies are needed before to be well validated. Moreover, several new biomarkers have the potential to identify patients with early renal dysfunction and appear to have promise to help the management cardio-renal syndrome. With different biomarkers reflecting HF presence, the various pathways involved in its progression, as well as identifying unique treatment options for HF management, a closer cardiologist-laboratory link, with a multi-biomarker approach to the HF patient, is not far ahead, allowing the unique opportunity for specifically tailoring care to the individual pathological phenotype.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nadia Aspromonte
- CCU-Cardiology Department, Presidio Ospedaliero San Filippo Neri, Via Martinotti, 20, 00135 Rome, Italy
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- Cardiology Department, Ospedale Garibaldi-Nesima, Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale e Alta Specializzazione “Garibaldi”, Catania, Italy
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- Laboratory of Endocrinology and Cardiovascular Cell Biology, Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio-CNR, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Istituti Ospitalieri, Cardiology Unit, Cremona, and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Italy
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- Cardiac Rehabilitation - Congestive Cardiac Unit, Ospedale Maggiore SS. Trinità, Fossano (CN), Italy
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- Cardiovascular Research Department, Istituto Mario Negri, Milano, Italy
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- Clinical Cardiology and Heart Failure Unit, Policlinico di Monza, Monza (MB), Italy
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- Cardiology Department, Ospedale Civile, Chioggia (Venezia), Italy
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- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Research Department, Istituto Mario Negri, Milano, Italy
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- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Italy
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- Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Section, Dipartimento di Pathobiology and Medical Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi, Palermo, Italy
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- Laboratory of Analysis, A.O. Ordine Mauriziano, Torino, Italy
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Bahrmann P, Bahrmann A, Hofner B, Christ M, Achenbach S, Sieber CC, Bertsch T. Multiple biomarker strategy for improved diagnosis of acute heart failure in older patients presenting to the emergency department. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE 2014; 4:137-47. [PMID: 25002708 DOI: 10.1177/2048872614541904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AIM Biomarkers can help to identity acute heart failure (AHF) as the cause of symptoms in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). Older patients may prove a diagnostic challenge due to co-morbidities. Therefore we prospectively investigated the diagnostic performance of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) alone or in combination with other biomarkers for AHF upon admission at the ED. METHODS 302 non-surgical patients aged ≥ 70 years were consecutively enrolled upon admission to the ED. In addition to NT-proBNP, mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM), mid-regional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (MR-proANP), C-terminal pro-endothelin-1 (CT-proET-1) and ultra-sensitive C-terminal pro-vasopressin (Copeptin-us) were measured at admission. Two cardiologists independently adjudicated the final diagnosis of AHF after reviewing all available baseline data excluding the biomarkers. We assessed changes in C-index, integrated discrimination improvement (IDI), and net reclassification improvement (NRI) for the multimarker approach. RESULTS AHF was diagnosed in 120 (40%) patients (age 81±6 years, 64 men, 56 women). Adding MR-ADM to NT-proBNP levels improved C-index (0.84 versus 0.81; p=0.045), and yielded IDI (3.3%; p=0.002), NRI (17%, p<0.001) and continuous NRI (33.3%; p=0.002). Adding CT-proET-1 to NT-proBNP levels improved C index (0.86 versus 0.81, p=0.031), and yielded robust IDI (12.4%; p<0.001), NRI (31.3%, p<0.001) and continuous NRI (69.9%; p<0.001). No other dual or triple biomarker combination showed a significant improvement of both C-index and IDI. CONCLUSION In older patients presenting to the ED, the addition of CT-proET-1 or MR-proADM to NT-proBNP improves diagnostic accuracy of AHF. Both dual biomarker approaches offer significant risk reclassification improvement over NT-proBNP.
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- Philipp Bahrmann
- Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry, Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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In the assessment of dyspnea one has to take into account both the patient's own experience of the symptom and the clinicians observations of breathing rates, sounds and effort to get a complete picture. In addition, to choose appropriate treatment, the underlying cause of dyspnea needs to be assessed. While tools for clinical evaluation of heart failure have gained great interest in research and found a place in guidelines and clinical practice, the same cannot be said for instruments to assess patient self-reported dyspnea. To date, no specific dyspnea rating tool has been recommend over another. Reports from clinical practice are lacking and large; international studies in this field are warranted.
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- Barbro Kjellström
- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Salvagno GL, Schena F, Gelati M, Danese E, Cervellin G, Guidi GC, Lippi G. The concentration of high-sensitivity troponin I, galectin-3 and NT-proBNP substantially increase after a 60-km ultramarathon. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 52:267-72. [DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractThe leading mechanisms responsible for the most prevalent and serious cardiac injuries include myocardiocyte stretch, myocardiocyte necrosis and cardiac fibrosis, which can now be reliably mirrored by measurement of natriuretic peptides, cardiospecific troponins and galectin-3, respectively. Although a large amount of knowledge has been gathered about the behavior and clinical significance of these biomarkers in patients with cardiac disorders, less information is available on their biology in paraphysiological conditions, including high-intensity endurance exercise.The study population consisted of 18 trained athletes, who performed a 60-km ultramarathon run. Blood was collected before the run (i.e., “baseline”) and immediately after the end of the ultramarathon (“post-marathon”) for measurement of serum high-sensitivity troponin I (TnI), NT-proBNP and galectin-3.The concentration of all biomarkers measured in the post-marathon samples was remarkably increased as compared with the values obtained on baseline specimens. In particular, the median increase was 3.3 for TnI, 3.5 for NT-proBNP and 2.4 for galectin-3, respectively. The frequency of values exceeding the diagnostic threshold did not differ at baseline and after the ultramarathon for TnI (6% vs. 25%; p=0.15), instead was significantly increased for NT-proBNP (0% vs. 28%; p=0.016) and galectin-3 (0% vs. 67%; p<0.001). No significant correlation was found among the increase of any of the three biomarkers.The results of this study demonstrate that high-intensity endurance exercise is associated with biochemical abnormalities that may reflect adverse consequences on cardiac structure and biology.
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