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Andersson H, Laustsen LS, Laustsen A, Pedersen F, Bang LE, Bates ER, Nallamothu BK, Blankenberg S, Grande P, Clemmensen P, Holmvang L. P885Cardiovascular events in patients with suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction and no obstructive coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Patients with suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and no obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) comprise a heterogeneous group with varying prognoses.
Purpose
To evaluate the prognostic value of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) in patients with suspected STEMI and no obstructive CAD.
Methods
Patients with suspected STEMI and no obstructive (<50% diameter stenosis) CAD were consecutively included from 2009–2014. Patients were classified as having normal cTnT, dynamic cTnT elevation, or stationary cTnT elevation. All patients were followed with respect to major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), cardiovascular readmission, and repeat coronary procedures, until 1 year after discharge.
Results
The study included 502 patients with suspected STEMI and no obstructive CAD: 165 (33%) had normal cTnT, 293 (58%) had dynamic cTnT elevation and 44 (9%) had stationary cTnT elevation. Within one year after admission, 40 (8%) had MACE, 81 (16%) had cardiovascular readmission, and 8 (2%) underwent repeat coronary procedures. The risk of MACE was elevated in patients with stationary cTnT elevation compared with normal cTnT (OR 13.6, 95% CI 2.3–80.2, p=0.004). There was no statistically significant difference between those with dynamic cTnT elevation and normal cTnT (OR 2.9, 95% CI 0.6–14.0, p=0.189). Adding cTnT pattern to a conventional risk model, area under the receiver operating curve for predicting the 1-year risk of MACE improved significantly (80% vs. 85%, p=0.004, Figure 1).
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Conclusion
In patients with suspected STEMI and no obstructive CAD, cTnT pattern during acute hospitalization is associated with the 1-year risk of MACE and improves risk prediction for the individual patient.
Acknowledgement/Funding
The Danish Heart Foundation, the A.P. Møller Foundation, the Foundation of Reinholdt W. Jorck and Wife, Rigshospitalet's Research Foundation
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Affiliation(s)
- H Andersson
- Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, The Heart Centre, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, The Heart Centre, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, The Heart Centre, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, The Heart Centre, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, The Heart Centre, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ann Arbor, United States of America
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- University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ann Arbor, United States of America
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- University Heart Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Nykøbing F Hospital - University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Department of Medicine, Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
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- University Heart Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, The Heart Centre, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Laustsen A, Bak RO, Krapp C, Kjær L, Egedahl JH, Petersen CC, Pillai S, Tang HQ, Uldbjerg N, Porteus M, Roan NR, Nyegaard M, Denton PW, Jakobsen MR. Interferon priming is essential for human CD34+ cell-derived plasmacytoid dendritic cell maturation and function. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3525. [PMID: 30166549 PMCID: PMC6117296 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05816-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) are essential for immune competence. Here we show that pDC precursor differentiated from human CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) has low surface expression of pDC markers, and has limited induction of type I interferon (IFN) and IL-6 upon TLR7 and TLR9 agonists treatment; by contrast, cGAS or RIG-I agonists-mediated activation is not altered. Importantly, after priming with type I and II IFN, these precursor pDCs attain a phenotype and functional activity similar to that of peripheral blood-derived pDCs. Data from CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing of HSPCs further show that HSPC-pDCs with genetic modifications can be obtained, and that expression of the IFN-α receptor is essential for the optimal function, but dispensable for the differentiation, of HSPC-pDC percursor. Our results thus demonstrate the biological effects of IFNs for regulating pDC function, and provide the means of generating of gene-modified human pDCs.
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- A Laustsen
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Alle 4, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Alle 4, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
- Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Alle 4, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Alle 4, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Alle 4, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Alle 4, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- University of California, San Francisco, Blood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, 94118-4417, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Alle 4, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Alle 4, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Vollertsen J, Lange KH, Pedersen J, Hallager P, Bruus A, Laustsen A, Bundesen VW, Brix H, Nielsen AH, Nielsen NH, Wium-Andersen T, Hvitved-Jacobsen T. Monitoring the startup of a wet detention pond equipped with sand filters and sorption filters. Water Sci Technol 2009; 60:1071-1079. [PMID: 19700847 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
The startup of a wet retention pond designed for extended stormwater treatment was monitored by more than one year of continual measurement of hydraulic parameters, nutrients and quality parameters in the pond itself (pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity). The data revealed that photosynthesis played an important role for dissolved oxygen and pH for most of the year. Another important observation was that the pond behaved more like a completely mixed reactor than like a plug flow reactor--even though the length to width ratio was as high as 4.5:1. The pond was equipped with sand filters and sorption filters whereby very good nutrient removal efficiencies were achieved.
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- J Vollertsen
- Section of Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 57, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark.
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