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      Copeptin levels in patients with coronary artery ectasia

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          Background and aims

          The etiology and pathophysiology of coronary artery ectasia (CAE) has not been fully elucidated. A rapid rise in plasma copeptin has been observed in cardiovascular diseases, stroke, sepsis, and shock. This increase has diagnostic and prognostic value. The aim of this study was to investigate whether copeptin has a relationship with CAE.

          Methods

          This observational prospective study was carried out between October 2012 and March 2013 in the cardiology catheter laboratory with the inclusion of 44 subjects with a diagnosis of CAE and 44 age- and gender-matched individuals with normal coronary arteries. Blood samples obtained from the patients were stored at −70 °C until analysis and copeptin levels in sera were measured by ELISA.

          Results

          This study comprised 88 study participants, among whom 44 were patients meeting ectasia criteria [mean age: 58.0 ± 11.5 years; 59% ( n = 26) male], and 44 were control subjects with angiographically normal coronary anatomy [mean age: 49.2 ± 10.1 years; 30% ( n = 13) male]. Copeptin levels were similar between the groups ( p > 0.05). In addition, there was no correlation between copeptin levels and CAE.

          Conclusion

          In this study, it is examined that copeptin levels were not elevated in CAE patients.

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          Clinical significance of coronary arterial ectasia.

          J E Markis, C D Joffe, P F Cohn … (1976)
          In a study group of 2,457 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, 30 patients had coronary arterial ectasia, an irregular dilatation of major vessels up to seven times the diameter of branch vessels. The frequency of hypertension, abnormal electrocardiogram and history of myocardial infarction was greater than that in a control group with obstructive coronary artery disease. Patients with ectasia did not differ from patients with obstructive disease in sex, age, prevalence of angina or presence of metabolic abnormalities. Six deaths occurred in the group with ectasia during a mean follow-up period of 24 months (annual rate of 15 percent). Extensive destruction of the musculoelastic elements was evident, resulting in marked attenuation of the vessel wall. The short-term prognosis in this group is the same as in medically treated patients with three vessel obstructive coronary artery disease.
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            Incremental value of copeptin for rapid rule out of acute myocardial infarction.

            Tobias Reichlin, Willibald Hochholzer, Claudia Stelzig … (2009)
            The purpose of this study was to examine the incremental value of copeptin for rapid rule out of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The rapid and reliable exclusion of AMI is a major unmet clinical need. Copeptin, the C-terminal part of the vasopressin prohormone, as a marker of acute endogenous stress may be useful in this setting. In 487 consecutive patients presenting to the emergency department with symptoms suggestive of AMI, we measured levels of copeptin at presentation, using a novel sandwich immunoluminometric assay in a blinded fashion. The final diagnosis was adjudicated by 2 independent cardiologists using all available data. The adjudicated final diagnosis was AMI in 81 patients (17%). Copeptin levels were significantly higher in AMI patients compared with those in patients having other diagnoses (median 20.8 pmol/l vs. 6.0 pmol/l, p < 0.001). The combination of troponin T and copeptin at initial presentation resulted in an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.97 (95% confidence interval: 0.95 to 0.98), which was significantly higher than the 0.86 (95% confidence interval: 0.80 to 0.92) for troponin T alone (p < 0.001). A copeptin level <14 pmol/l in combination with a troponin T < or =0.01 microg/l correctly ruled out AMI with a sensitivity of 98.8% and a negative predictive value of 99.7%. The additional use of copeptin seems to allow a rapid and reliable rule out of AMI already at presentation and may thereby obviate the need for prolonged monitoring and serial blood sampling in the majority of patients. (Advantageous Predictors of Acute Coronary Syndromes Evaluation [APACE]; NCT00470587).
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              Coronary artery ectasia. Its prevalence and clinical significance in 4993 patients.

              Sonia M. Parnell, G G Hartnell, R B Pridie (1985)
              To assess the clinical significance of coronary artery ectasia 4993 consecutive coronary arteriograms were reviewed to identify patients with this condition and to allow the assessment of their progress. Coronary ectasia was a relatively uncommon finding (overall incidence 1.4%). It was not related to the development of aortic aneurysms and did not affect the outcome, results of coronary artery surgery, or symptoms.
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                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Interv Med Appl Sci
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Interv Med Appl Sci
                Journal ID (pmc): imas
                Journal ID (publisher-id): IMAS
                Title: Interventional Medicine & Applied Science
                Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó (Budapest )
                ISSN (Print): 2061-1617
                ISSN (Electronic): 2061-5094
                Publication date (Electronic, pub): 22 May 2019
                Publication date (Print, pub): June 2019
                Volume: 11
                Issue: 2
                Pages: 112-116
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Cardiology, Adiyaman Education and Research Hospital , Adiyaman, Turkey
                [2 ]Department of Cardiology, Elazig Education and Research Hospital , Elazig, Turkey
                [3 ]Department of Cardiology, Elazig Medical Park Hospital , Elazig, Turkey
                Author notes
                [* ]Corresponding author: Lutfu Askin, MD; Department of Cardiology, Adiyaman Education and Research Hospital, Adiyaman 2230, Turkey; Phone: +90 531 5203486; Fax: +90 4161015; E-mail: lutfuaskin23@ 123456gmail.com
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                DOI: 10.1556/1646.11.2019.08
                PMC ID: 7044535
                SO-VID: 79c17729-3601-4150-a3b0-1f5ba52bc553
                Copyright © © 2019 The Author(s)
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated.

                History
                Date received : 25 February 2019
                Date revision received : 30 March 2019
                Date accepted : 03 April 2019
                Page count
                Figures: 1, Tables: 2, Equations: 0, References: 29, Pages: 5
                Funding
                Funding sources: The funding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to publish the results.
                Categories
                Subject: Original Paper

                Keywords: cardiovascular diseases,coronary artery ectasia,copeptin level,stroke,sepsis
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                Keywords: cardiovascular diseases, coronary artery ectasia, copeptin level, stroke, sepsis

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