Prognostic impacts of Rho-kinase activity in circulating leucocytes in patients with vasospastic angina.
Eur Heart J
; 39(11): 952-959, 2018 03 14.
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ABSTRACT
Aims:
Rho-kinase activity in circulating leucocytes is a useful biomarker for diagnosis and disease activity assessment of vasospastic angina (VSA). The present study aimed to examine the long-term prognostic impact of Rho-kinase activity in circulating leucocytes in VSA patients. Methods andresults:
We prospectively enrolled 174 consecutive patients with VSA and 50 non-VSA patients, in whom we measured Rho-kinase activity in circulating leucocytes, and they were followed for a median of 16 months. The primary endpoint was cardiac events including cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and hospitalization for unstable angina. During the follow-up period, cardiac events occurred in 10 VSA patients (5.7%) but in none of the non-VSA patients. When we divided VSA patients into two groups by a median value of their Rho-kinase activity, the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed a significantly worse prognosis in VSA patients with high Rho-kinase activity compared with those with low activity or non-VSA patients (log-rank; P < 0.05, respectively). Receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis showed that Rho-kinase activity value of 1.24 was the best cut-off level to predict cardiac events in VSA patients, and multivariable analysis showed that a value above the cut-off point had the largest hazard ratio to predict poor outcome in VSA patients [hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) 11.19 (1.41-88.95); P = 0.022]. Importantly, combination of the Japanese Coronary Spasm Association risk score and Rho-kinase activity significantly improved the prognostic impact in VSA patients as compared with either alone.Conclusion:
Rho-kinase activity in circulating leucocytes is useful for prognostic stratification of VSA patients.
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Asunto principal:
Vasoespasmo Coronario
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Quinasas Asociadas a rho
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Angina Pectoris Variable
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Leucocitos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur Heart J
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón