Lymphnode involvement in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: risk factors and prognostic value

Abstract Background Associations between D-dimer and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) remain controversial. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of D-dimer in ACS patients treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods In this observational study, 3972 consecutive patients with ACS treated by PCI were retrospectively recruited. The X-tile program was used to determine the optimal D-dimer thresholds for risk stratifications. Cox regression with multiple adjustments was used for outcome analysis. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis was performed to assess the dose-response association between D-dimer and outcomes. The C-index was calculated to evaluate the additional prognostic value of D-dimer when added to clinical risk factors and commonly used clinical risk scores, with internal validations using bootstrapping methods. The primary outcome was all-cause death. Results During a median follow-up of 720 days, 225 deaths occurred. Based on the thresholds generated by X-tile, ACS-PCI patients with median (420–1150 ng/mL, hazard ratio [HR]: 1.58, 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.14–2.20, P = 0.007) and high (≥ 1150 ng/mL, HR: 1.98, 95 % CI: 1.36–2.89, P < 0.001) levels of D-dimer showed substantially higher risk of death compared to those with low D-dimer (< 420 ng/mL). RCS analysis depicted a constant relation between D-dimer and various outcomes. The addition of D-dimer levels significantly improved risk predictions for all-cause death when combined with the fully adjusted models (C-index: 0.853 vs. 0.845, P difference = 0.021), the GRACE score (C-index: 0.826 vs. 0.814, P difference = 0.027), and the TIMI score (C-index: 0.804 vs. 0.776, P difference < 0.001). The predicted mortality at the median follow-up (two years) was 1.7 %, 5.2 %, and 10.9 % for patients with low, median, and high D-dimer, respectively, which was well matched with the observed mortality (low D-dimer group: 1.2 %, median D-dimer group: 5.2 %, and high D-dimer group: 12.6 %). Conclusions For ACS patients treated by PCI, D-dimer level was an independent predictor for adverse outcomes, and provided additional prognostic value when combined with clinical risk factors and risk scores. Risk stratifications based on D-dimer was plausible to differentiate ACS-PCI patients with higher risk of death.

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Incremental prognostic value of visually estimated coronary artery calcium in patients undergoing positron emission tomography imaging

Open Heart ◽

10.1136/openhrt-2021-001648 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. e001648

Author(s):

Senthil Selvaraj ◽

Muhammad Shoaib Khan ◽

Mahesh K Vidula ◽

Philip C Wiener ◽

Alejandro E de Feria ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Positron Emission Tomography ◽

Coronary Artery ◽

Pet Imaging ◽

Prognostic Value ◽

Primary Outcome ◽

Chest Ct ◽

Emission Tomography ◽

Positron Emission ◽

Traditional Risk Factors

ObjectiveVisually estimated coronary artery calcium (VECAC) from chest CT or attenuation correction (AC)/CT obtained during positron emission tomography (PET)–myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is feasible. Our aim was to determine the prognostic value of VECAC beyond conventional risk factors and PET imaging parameters, including coronary flow reserve (CFR).MethodsWe analysed 608 patients without known coronary artery disease who underwent PET–MPI between 2012 and 2016 and had AC/CT and/or chest CT images. We used Cox regression to estimate the association of VECAC categories (≤10, 11–400, >400 Agatston units (AU)) with the primary outcome of all-cause death, acute coronary syndrome or stroke (mean follow-up 4.3±1.8 years). C-statistics assessed the relationship between PET parameters and VECAC with the primary outcome.ResultsMean age was 58±11 years, 65% were women and 67% were black. VECAC ≤10, 11–400 and >400 AU was observed in 68%, 12% and 20% of subjects, respectively. Compared with VECAC ≤10, VECAC categories 11–400 (HR 2.25, 95% CI 1.24 to 4.08) and >400 AU (HR 3.05, 95% CI 1.87 to 4.98) were associated with the primary outcome after adjusting for traditional risk factors, MPI findings and CFR. Adding VECAC to a model that included PET–MPI, CFR and clinical risk factors improved the prognostic value for the primary outcomes (c-statistic 0.71 to 0.75 with VECAC, p=0.01).ConclusionsVECAC is a potent predictor of events beyond traditional risk factors and PET imaging markers, including CFR. These data further support the importance for routine VECAC implementation.

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Prognostic Risk Factors Associated with Recurrence and Metastasis After Radical Resection in Patients with Hepatolithiasis Complicated by Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics ◽

10.1007/s12013-015-0665-x ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 73 (2) ◽

pp. 455-460 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Yufei Zhu ◽

Yunhai Zhu ◽

Feng Cai ◽

Jie Zhao ◽

Feng Liu

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma ◽

Radical Resection ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Prognostic Risk Factors

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Prognostic value of lower bone mineral density in predicting adverse cardiovascular disease in Asian women

Heart ◽

10.1136/heartjnl-2020-318764 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. heartjnl-2020-318764

Author(s):

Jiesuck Park ◽

Yeonyee Elizabeth Yoon ◽

Kyoung Min Kim ◽

In-Chang Hwang ◽

Wonjae Lee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Bone Mineral Density ◽

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Clinical Diagnosis ◽

Bone Mineral ◽

Prognostic Value ◽

Clinical Risk Factors ◽

Mineral Density ◽

Clinical Risk ◽

Incremental Prognostic Value

ObjectiveWe investigated whether the evaluation of bone mineral density (BMD) provides independent and incremental prognostic value for predicting atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in women.MethodsA total of 12 681 women aged 50–80 years (mean, 63.0±7.8 years) who underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry were retrospectively analysed. We assessed the hazard ratio (HR) for ASCVD events (ASCVD death, non-fatal myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke) according to the BMD or a clinical diagnosis of osteopenia or osteoporosis, with adjustment for clinical risk factors, including age, body mass index, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidaemia, current smoking and previous fracture. We also evaluated whether the addition of BMD or a clinical diagnosis of osteopenia or osteoporosis to clinical risk factors improved the prediction for ASCVD events.ResultsIn total, 468 women (3.7%) experienced ASCVD events during follow-up (median, 9.2 years). Lower BMD at the lumbar spine, femur neck and total hip was independently associated with higher risk for ASCVD events (adjusted HR per 1-standard deviation decrease in BMD: 1.16, p<0.001; 1.29, p<0.001; 1.38, p<0.001; respectively). A clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis was also independently associated with higher risk for ASCVD events (adjusted HR: 1.79, p<0.001). The addition of BMD or a clinical diagnosis of osteopenia or osteoporosis to clinical risk factors demonstrated significant incremental value in discriminating ASCVD events (addition of total hip BMD, p for difference <0.001).ConclusionThe evaluation of BMD provides independent and incremental prognostic value for ASCVD in women and thus may improve risk stratification in women.

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