Short-term prognostic value of soluble Axl receptor tyrosine kinase for elderly patients with acute decompensated heart failure / 中华老年心脑血管病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical value of serum soluble Axl receptor tyrosine ki-nase(sAxlTK)in evaluating short-term prognosis in patients with acute decompensated heart failure(ADHF).Methods A total of 238 elderly ADHF patients admitted to Bozhou People's Hospital from January 1,2018 to October 1,2021 were recruited and divided into poor prognosis group(45 patients)and good prognosis group(193 patients)according to the occurrence of com-plex events within 90 d of follow-up.Based on the optimal cut-off value of serum sAxlTK level,they were also assigned into high level group(80 cases)and low level group(158 cases).Serum levels of sAxlTK,troponin Ⅰ(cTnⅠ)and N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide precursor(NT-proBNP)were detected.Results Serum sAxlTK level was significantly higher in the poor prognosis group than the good prognosis group[43.89(33.95,51.44)μg/L vs 23.89(18.73,33.92)μg/L,P＜0.01].Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that serum cTnⅠ and sAxlTK levels were independent risk factors for short-term poor prognosis in ADHF patients(OR=1.922,95％CI:1.035-3.568,P=0.039;OR=1.021,95％CI:1.008-1.034,P=0.001).ROC curve analysis indicated that the AUC value of combined serum sAxlTK,cTnⅠ and NT-proBNP levels to predict short-term poor prognosis was 0.836(95％CI:0.778-0.895).The incidence of complex events within 90 d was significantly higher in the high level group than the low level group(45.0％vs 5.7％,P＜0.05).Kaplan-Meier curve analysis revealed that the cumulative inci-dence of complex events was also higher in the high level group than the low level group(X2=66.991,Plog rank＜0.01).The high level group had significantly lower overall survival rate and worse survival prognosis than the low level group(X2=16.899,Plog rank＜0.01).Conclusion High serum sAxlTK level in elderly ADHF patients at admission is associated with a higher risk of 90-day short-term poor prognosis.Serum sAxlTK has the potential to become a useful tool for early prediction of short-term poor prognosis,and its combination with cTnⅠ and NT-proBNP can fur-ther improve the accuracy of prognosis prediction.