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C-reactive protein, not cardiac troponin T, improves risk prediction in hypertensives with type A aortic dissection.
Blood Pressure 2015
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to evaluate prognostic role of inflammatory biomarkers, cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and D-dimer in type A acute aortic dissection (AAD) and to examine whether they might help in risk stratification beyond values of International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) score.
METHODS: Baseline biomarkers were determined in 54 consecutive predominantly hypertensive patients with type A AAD and evaluated for in-hospital mortality.
RESULTS: After multivariable adjustment, the independent predictors of outcome were age (OR = 1.09; 95% CI 1.02-1.18), treatment strategy (OR = 0.11; 95% CI 0.02-0.06) and C-reactive protein (CRP) either as binary (OR = 7.06; 95% CI 1.34-37.36) or continuous variable (OR = 1.10; 95% CI 1.01-1.21). cTnT did not independently influence mortality. Receiver- operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed significant link between CRP and outcome (area under the ROC curve, AUC = 0.79; p < 0.01). Values of CRP > 9.8 mg/l had 83% sensitivity and 80% specificity for predicting in-hospital mortality. Addition of CRP to IRAD score improved prediction of short-term outcome, AUC increased from 0.74 to 0.89 (p = 0.004).
CONCLUSION: Admission CRP has independent prognostic value in type A AAD and the addition of CRP to IRAD score improved discriminative capacity of in-hospital mortality irrespective of symptom duration and treatment strategy.
METHODS: Baseline biomarkers were determined in 54 consecutive predominantly hypertensive patients with type A AAD and evaluated for in-hospital mortality.
RESULTS: After multivariable adjustment, the independent predictors of outcome were age (OR = 1.09; 95% CI 1.02-1.18), treatment strategy (OR = 0.11; 95% CI 0.02-0.06) and C-reactive protein (CRP) either as binary (OR = 7.06; 95% CI 1.34-37.36) or continuous variable (OR = 1.10; 95% CI 1.01-1.21). cTnT did not independently influence mortality. Receiver- operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed significant link between CRP and outcome (area under the ROC curve, AUC = 0.79; p < 0.01). Values of CRP > 9.8 mg/l had 83% sensitivity and 80% specificity for predicting in-hospital mortality. Addition of CRP to IRAD score improved prediction of short-term outcome, AUC increased from 0.74 to 0.89 (p = 0.004).
CONCLUSION: Admission CRP has independent prognostic value in type A AAD and the addition of CRP to IRAD score improved discriminative capacity of in-hospital mortality irrespective of symptom duration and treatment strategy.
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