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01.11.2015 | Original article
Association between high-sensitivity troponin T, left ventricular hypertrophy, and myocardial performance index
verfasst von:
Onur Kaypakli, MD, Mustafa Gür, MD, Mehmet Yavuz Gözükara, MD, Hakan Uçar, MD, Ali Kivrak, MD, Taner Şeker, MD, Durmuş Yildiray Şahin, MD, Zafer Elbasan, MD, Caner Türkoğlu, MD, Murat Çayli, MD
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Abstract
Background
The prognostic importance of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) has recently been reported in patients with heart failure. The myocardial performance index (MPI), which combines parameters of both systolic and diastolic ventricular function, provides a better marker of left ventricular dysfunction in hypertensive patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
Aim
We aimed to investigate the relationship between hs-cTnT and tissue Doppler-derived MPI in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients with preserved LVEF.
Methods
We studied 306 patients with newly diagnosed hypertension. The patients were divided into two groups according to their median MPI values: MPIlo and MPIhigh groups. The MPI was calculated from the pulsed-wave Doppler recordings. Left ventricular mass index (LVMI) was determined according to the Devereux formula. hs-cTnT, uric acid, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels were measured in all patients.
Results
Hs-cTnT, hs-CRP, and uric acid levels were higher in the MPIhigh group compared with the MPIlow group (p < 0.05, for all). The LVMI values in the MPIhigh group were higher than in the MPIlow group (p < 0.05). MPI was independently associated with age, uric acid, hs-cTnT, and LVMI in multivariate analysis. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that MPI and LVMI were independent predictors of high hs-cTnT level in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients with preserved LVEF.
Conclusion
Hs-cTnT was independently associated with LV dysfunction and LV hypertrophy assessed with MPI in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients.