Volume 47, Issue 9 pp. 638-648
Original Article

Multibiomarker analysis in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Christiana Schernthaner

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Christiana Schernthaner

Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Correspondence to: Christiana Schernthaner, Department of Cardiology, Salzburger Landeskliniken, Paracelsus Medical University, Muellner Hauptstrasse 48, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria. Tel.: +43 (0) 5 7255 55880; fax: +43 (0) 5 7255 25788; e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
Michael Lichtenauer

Michael Lichtenauer

Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

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Bernhard Wernly

Bernhard Wernly

Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

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Vera Paar

Vera Paar

Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

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Rudin Pistulli

Rudin Pistulli

Division of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology and Intensive MedicalCare, Department of Internal Medicine I, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany

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Ilonka Rohm

Ilonka Rohm

Division of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology and Intensive MedicalCare, Department of Internal Medicine I, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany

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Christian Jung

Christian Jung

Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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Hans-Reiner Figulla

Hans-Reiner Figulla

Division of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology and Intensive MedicalCare, Department of Internal Medicine I, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany

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Attila Yilmaz

Attila Yilmaz

Division of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology and Intensive MedicalCare, Department of Internal Medicine I, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany

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Janne Cadamuro

Janne Cadamuro

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

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Elisabeth Haschke-Becher

Elisabeth Haschke-Becher

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

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John Pernow

John Pernow

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Schweden

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Paul Christian Schulze

Paul Christian Schulze

Division of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology and Intensive MedicalCare, Department of Internal Medicine I, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany

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Uta C. Hoppe

Uta C. Hoppe

Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

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Daniel Kretzschmar

Daniel Kretzschmar

Division of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology and Intensive MedicalCare, Department of Internal Medicine I, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany

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First published: 06 July 2017
Citations: 54

Abstract

Background

Novel biomarkers representing different pathobiological pathways and their role in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were studied.

Methods

We retrospectively analysed serum levels of soluble suppression of tumorigenicity (sST2), growth-differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) and plasma fetuin A in blood of patients with AMI (STEMI, n = 61; NSTEMI, n = 57) compared to controls with excluded coronary artery disease (n = 76). Furthermore, detailed correlation analysis was performed.

Results

Compared with controls, in patients with STEMI and NSTEMI higher levels expressed as median of sST2 in pg/mL (STEMI: 13210·9, NSTEMI: 11989·1, control: 5248; P < 0·001), GDF-15 in pg/mL (STEMI: 818·8, NSTEMI 677·5, control 548·6; P < 0·001), suPAR in pg/mL (STEMI: 3461·1, NSTEMI: 3466·7, control: 2463·6; P < 0·001), H-FABP in ng/mL (STEMI: 5·8, NSTEMI: 5·4, control: 0·0; P < 0·001) and lower plasma fetuin A levels in μg/mL (STEMI: 95, NSTEMI: 54, control: 116·6; P < 0·001) were detected. Correlation analysis found clinical and biochemical parameters such as ejection fraction, length of hospital stay, creatine kinase, NT-proBNP and hs Troponin T levels as well as inflammatory markers (CRP, leucocytes) to be significantly correlated with novel biomarkers.

Conclusion

Plasma levels of novel biomarkers were significantly elevated (sST2, GDF-15, H-FABP, suPAR) or inversely downregulated (fetuin A) in patients with AMI compared to a control group with excluded coronary artery disease. Significant correlations with various clinical parameters and standard biochemical markers were found.

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