Prognostic Value of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume in Combination with Coronary Plaque and Flow Assessment for the Prediction of Major Adverse Cardiac Events

2022 ◽  
pp. 110157
Author(s):  
Verena Brandt ◽  
Raffi Bekeredjian ◽  
U. Joseph Schoepf ◽  
Akos Varga-Szemes ◽  
Tilman Emrich ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 1219-1226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kennosuke Yamashita ◽  
Myong Hwa Yamamoto ◽  
Wataru Igawa ◽  
Morio Ono ◽  
Takehiko Kido ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 569-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kennosuke Yamashita ◽  
Myong Hwa Yamamoto ◽  
Seitarou Ebara ◽  
Toshitaka Okabe ◽  
Shigeo Saito ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 1169-1177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Hassan ◽  
Karim Said ◽  
Hussien Rizk ◽  
Fatma ElMogy ◽  
Mohamed Donya ◽  
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Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 588
Author(s):  
Aydin Rodi Tosu ◽  
Muhsin Kalyoncuoglu ◽  
Halil İbrahim Biter ◽  
Sinem Cakal ◽  
Murat Selcuk ◽  
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Background and objectives: In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) has a prognostic value for major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), including stroke, re-hospitalization, and short-term all-cause mortality at 6 months, in aortic stenosis (AS) patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Materials and Methods: A total of 120 patients who underwent TAVI due to severe AS were retrospectively included in our study. The main outcome of the study was MACEs and short-term all-cause mortality at 6 months. Results: The SII was found to be higher in TAVI patients who developed MACEs than in those who did not develop them. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that the SII (HR: 1.002, 95%CI: 1.001–1.003, p < 0.01) was an independent predictor of MACEs in AS patients after TAVI. The optimal value of the SII for MACEs in AS patients following TAVI was >1.056 with 94% sensitivity and 96% specificity (AUC (the area under the curve): 0.960, p < 0.01). We noted that the AUC value of SII in predicting MACEs was significantly higher than the AUC value of the C-reactive protein (AUC: 0.960 vs. AUC: 0.714, respectively). Conclusions: This is the first study to show that high pre-procedural SII may have a predictive value for MACEs and short-term mortality in AS patients undergoing TAVI.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Celestino Sardu ◽  
Nunzia D’Onofrio ◽  
Michele Torella ◽  
Michele Portoghese ◽  
Francesco Loreni ◽  
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Abstract Background/objectives Pericoronary adipose tissue inflammation might lead to the development and destabilization of coronary plaques in prediabetic patients. Here, we evaluated inflammation and leptin to adiponectin ratio in pericoronary fat from patients subjected to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Furthermore, we compared the 12-month prognosis of prediabetic patients compared to normoglycemic patients (NG). Finally, the effect of metformin therapy on pericoronary fat inflammation and 12-months prognosis in AMI-prediabetic patients was also evaluated. Methods An observational prospective study was conducted on patients with first AMI referred for CABG. Participants were divided in prediabetic and NG-patients. Prediabetic patients were divided in two groups; never-metformin-users and current-metformin-users receiving metformin therapy for almost 6 months before CABG. During the by-pass procedure on epicardial coronary portion, the pericoronary fat was removed from the surrounding stenosis area. The primary endpoints were the assessments of Major-Adverse-Cardiac-Events (MACE) at 12-month follow-up. Moreover, inflammatory tone was evaluated by measuring pericoronary fat levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), sirtuin 6 (SIRT6), and leptin to adiponectin ratio. Finally, inflammatory tone was correlated to the MACE during the 12-months follow-up. Results The MACE was 9.1% in all prediabetic patients and 3% in NG-patients. In prediabetic patients, current-metformin-users presented a significantly lower rate of MACE compared to prediabetic patients never-metformin-users. In addition, prediabetic patients showed higher inflammatory tone and leptin to adiponectin ratio in pericoronary fat compared to NG-patients (P < 0.001). Prediabetic never-metformin-users showed higher inflammatory tone and leptin to adiponectin ratio in pericoronary fat compared to current-metformin-users (P < 0.001). Remarkably, inflammatory tone and leptin to adiponectin ratio was significantly related to the MACE during the 12-months follow-up. Conclusion Prediabetes increase inflammatory burden in pericoronary adipose tissue. Metformin by reducing inflammatory tone and leptin to adiponectin ratio in pericoronary fat may improve prognosis in prediabetic patients with AMI. Trial registration Clinical Trial NCT03360981, Retrospectively Registered 7 January 2018


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