Triple head-to-head comparison of fibrotic biomarkers galectin-3, osteopontin and gremlin-1 for long-term prognosis in suspected and proven acute heart failure patients

Background: To comparatively evaluate long-term prognostic values of fibrotic biomarkers galectin-3, gremlin-1 and osteopontin in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) suspected of acute heart failure (AHF). Methods: Patients with acute dyspnea or peripheral edema were enrolled in the...

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Main Authors: Behnes, Michael (Author) , Weiß, Christel (Author) , Akın, Ibrahim (Author) , Fastner, Christian (Author) , El-Battrawy, Ibrahim (Author) , Lang, Siegfried (Author) , Neumaier, Michael (Author) , Borggrefe, Martin (Author) , Hoffmann, Ursula (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2016
In: International journal of cardiology
Year: 2015, Volume: 203, Pages: 398-406
ISSN:1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.127
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.127
Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527315306914
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Author Notes:Michael Behnes, Thomas Bertsch, Christel Weiss, Parviz Ahmad-Nejad, Ibrahim Akin, Christian Fastner, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Siegfried Lang, Michael Neumaier, Martin Borggrefe, Ursula Hoffmann
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Summary:Background: To comparatively evaluate long-term prognostic values of fibrotic biomarkers galectin-3, gremlin-1 and osteopontin in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) suspected of acute heart failure (AHF). Methods: Patients with acute dyspnea or peripheral edema were enrolled in the ED. Biomarkers were measured and added to prognostic models including 11 conventional risk factors plus NT-proBNP assessing state-of-the-art statistics of discrimination, calibration, reclassification and Cox regression analyses. Prognostic outcomes were long-term all-cause mortality (ACM) and AHF-related rehospitalization (AHF-RH) at 1 and 5years. Results: 401 patients including 122 AHF patients were enrolled (mean age 67years, males 51%). During 5years follow-up 129 patients (30%) died and 73 (18%) were re-hospitalized because of AHF. In multivariate analysis, galectin-3 (hazard ratios (HR) range 1.4-1.9; p=0.03) and osteopontin (HR range 1.2-1.4; p=0.001) remained associated with ACM overall and in the AHF population at 5years, whereas gremlin-1 remained associated with AHF-RH at 1year in AHF patients (HR 1.3; p=0.002). ACM in whole cohort was best discriminated (AUC=0.85, p=0.0001), calibrated and re-classified (NRI +0.50 to +0.56, p=0.0001) by galectin-3, whereas in AHF patients ACM was best discriminated by osteopontin (AUC range: 0.82-0.84, p=0.0001; NRI +0.34 to +0.38, p<0.1) and AHF-RH at 1year by gremlin-1 (AUC range: 0.82-0.92, p=0.0001; NRI +0.59 to +0.60, p=0.006). Conclusions: A panel of fibrotic biomarkers, including osteopontin, galectin-3 and gremlin-1, might be useful for long term risk-stratification of symptomatic ED patients being suspected of AHF.
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Available online 20 October 2015
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ISSN:1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.127