TY - JOUR A1 - Scheitz, Jan F. A1 - Lim, Jess A1 - Broersen, Leonie H. A. A1 - Ganeshan, Ramanan A1 - Huo, Shufan A1 - Sperber, Pia S. A1 - Piper, Sophie K. A1 - Heuschmann, Peter U. A1 - Audebert, Heinrich J. A1 - Nolte, Christian H. A1 - Siegerink, Bob A1 - Endres, Matthias A1 - Liman, Thomas G. T1 - High‐Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and Recurrent Vascular Events After First Ischemic Stroke JF - Journal of the American Heart Association N2 - Background Recent evidence suggests cardiac troponin levels to be a marker of increased vascular risk. We aimed to assess whether levels of high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs‐cTnT) are associated with recurrent vascular events and death in patients with first‐ever, mild to moderate ischemic stroke. Methods and Results We used data from the PROSCIS‐B (Prospective Cohort With Incident Stroke Berlin) study. We computed Cox proportional hazards regression analyses to assess the association between hs‐cTnT levels upon study entry (Roche Elecsys, upper reference limit, 14 ng/L) and the primary outcome (composite of recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction, and all‐cause death). A total of 562 patients were analyzed (mean age, 67 years [SD 13]; 38.6% women; median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale=2; hs‐cTnT above upper reference limit, 39.2%). During a mean follow‐up of 3 years, the primary outcome occurred in 89 patients (15.8%), including 40 (7.1%) recurrent strokes, 4 (0.7%) myocardial infarctions, and 51 (9.1%) events of all‐cause death. The primary outcome occurred more often in patients with hs‐cTnT above the upper reference limit (27.3% versus 10.2%; adjusted hazard ratio, 2.0; 95% CI, 1.3–3.3), with a dose‐response relationship when the highest and lowest hs‐cTnT quartiles were compared (15.2 versus 1.8 events per 100 person‐years; adjusted hazard ratio, 4.8; 95% CI, 1.9–11.8). This association remained consistent in sensitivity analyses, which included age matching and stratification for sex. Conclusions Hs‐cTnT is dose‐dependently associated with an increased risk of recurrent vascular events and death within 3 years after first‐ever, mild to moderate ischemic stroke. These findings support further studies of the utility of hs‐cTnT for individualized risk stratification after stroke. KW - epidemiology KW - ischemic stroke KW - mortality/survival KW - troponin KW - vascular disease Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-239039 VL - 10 IS - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brodehl, Andreas A1 - Gerull, Brenda T1 - Genetic insights into primary restrictive cardiomyopathy JF - Journal of Clinical Medicine N2 - Restrictive cardiomyopathy is a rare cardiac disease causing severe diastolic dysfunction, ventricular stiffness and dilated atria. In consequence, it induces heart failure often with preserved ejection fraction and is associated with a high mortality. Since it is a poor clinical prognosis, patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy frequently require heart transplantation. Genetic as well as non-genetic factors contribute to restrictive cardiomyopathy and a significant portion of cases are of unknown etiology. However, the genetic forms of restrictive cardiomyopathy and the involved molecular pathomechanisms are only partially understood. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about primary genetic restrictive cardiomyopathy and describe its genetic landscape, which might be of interest for geneticists as well as for cardiologists. KW - restrictive cardiomyopathy KW - cardiomyopathy KW - cardiovascular genetics KW - desmin KW - troponin KW - filamin-C Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-270621 SN - 2077-0383 VL - 11 IS - 8 ER - TY - THES A1 - Lengenfelder, Björn Daniel T1 - Einfluss zusätzlicher Glykoprotein IIb/IIIa-Rezeptorblockade auf postinterventionelle Troponin-Freisetzung und Inflammationsantwort bei elektiver perkutaner Koronarintervention am Menschen : die doppelblind-randomisierte prospektive TOPSTAR-Studie T1 - Effect of Additional Temporary Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Inhibition on Troponin Release and Cytokine Response in Elective Percutaneous Coronary Interventions N2 - Das Ziel der TOPSTAR-Studie war es, 1.) die Inzidenz und den zeitlichen Verlauf einer Troponin-Freisetzung bei elektiven Koronarinterventionen unter Vorbehandlung mit Aspirin und Clopidogrel zu untersuchen sowie 2.) den zusätzlichen Einfluss von Tirofiban auf die Freisetzung ischämischer kardialer Parameter zu prüfen und 3.) die Inzidenz und den zeitlichen Verlauf einer Entzündungsreaktion nach elektiver PCI zu analysieren und der Frage nachzugehen, ob eine postinterventionelle Zytokinantwort direkt von einer selektiven Glykoprotein IIb/IIIa-Rezeptorinhibition durch Tirofiban beeinflusst wird oder ob ein derartiger Effekt auf postinterventionelle, durch Troponin-Freisetzung charakterisierte, ischämische Ereignisse zurückzuführen ist. Die TOPSTAR-Studie ist eine monozentrische, doppelblind-randomisierte prospektive Studie, in deren Verlauf bei 109 Patienten mit stabiler Angina pectoris eine perkutane Koronarintervention durchgeführt wurde. Alle Patienten waren mit Aspirin und Clopidogrel vorbehandelt. An die Bolus-Gabe schloss sich eine 18-stündige Infusion des Studienmedikamentes Tirofiban bzw. Placebo (NaCl 0,9%) an. Primärer Endpunkt der Studie war die Inzidenz postinterventioneller Troponin-Freisetzung. Sekundärer kombinierter Endpunkt war die Inzidenz von Tod, Myokardinfarkt oder operativer Revaskularisation des Zielgefäßes. Die Thrombozytenfunktion wurde durch Verabreichung des Glykoprotein IIb/IIIa-Rezeptorantagonisten Tirofiban beginnend vor der Intervention bis 18 Stunden nach PCI um 90% inhibiert. Blutabnahmen wurden vor sowie 30 min, 2h, 6h, 12h, 24h und 48h nach PCI durchgeführt. Innerhalb der ersten 12 Stunden nach PCI wurde eine Troponin-Freisetzung bei 40% der Tirofiban-behandelten Patienten (T) und bei 63% der Placebo-behandelten Patienten (P) gefunden (p<0,05), innerhalb der ersten 24 Stunden bei 48% (T) bzw. 69% (P) (p<0,05) sowie nach 48 Stunden bei 58% (T) bzw. 74% (P) (p<0,08). Signifikant in beiden Gruppen stieg das CRP im Verlauf der ersten 48 Stunden kontinuierlich an. IL-6 erreichte 12 Stunden nach PCI seinen Höchstwert (p<0,01). Bei TNF-alpha wurden die Höchstwerte bereits nach 30 Minuten gemessen. Zwischen Tirofiban- und Placebo-behandelten Patienten konnte bezüglich der Entzündungsantwort kein signifikanter Unterschied festgestellt werden. Jedoch wurde in einer Subgruppenanalyse beim Vergleich Troponin T-positiver versus Troponin T-negativer Patienten ein signifikanter Unterschied bei CRP, TNF-alpha und IL-6 gefunden. IL-1ß zeigte in beiden Gruppen keinen signifikant unterschiedlichen Verlauf. Etwaige größere Blutungen, intrakranielle Blutungen sowie nicht-hämorrhagische Insulte differierten zwischen den Gruppen nicht. Nach 9 Monaten konnte ein reduziertes Auftreten der Inzidenz von Tod, Myokardinfarkt und operativer Revaskularisation des Zielgefäßes in der Tirofiban-Gruppe (2,3%) gegenüber der Placebo-Gruppe (13,0%) beobachtet werden (p<0,05). N2 - The Troponin in Planned PTCA/Stent Implantation With or Without Administration of the Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Antagonist Tirofiban (TOPSTAR) trial investigated: 1) the amount of troponin T (TnT) release after nonacute, elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients pretreated with aspirin and clopidogrel; 2) the effect of additional glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor inhibiton on postinterventional TnT release; and 3) the inflammatory profile after elective, nonacute PCI and whether and how administration of the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist tirofiban modulates the postinterventional inflammatory myocardial response. The TOPSTAR trial is a single-center, double-blind, randomized, prospective trial with 109 patients enrolled. All patients had a history of stable angina and were treated by conventional PCI, which was performed as a staged procedure. All patients were pretreated with a loading dose of thienopyridine (clopidogrel, 375 mg) and aspirin (500 mg) at least one day before PCI. After bolus application of the study medication (tirofiban [T] or placebo [P]), PCI was performed followed by an 18 h continuous infusion of T/P. Primary end point of the trial was incidence and amount of postinterventional release of troponin T (TnT), secondary end point was incidence of death, myocardial infarction and target vessel revascularization. After bolus application platelet function was reduced to 10% of the baseline level in the tirofiban group within 18 hours after PCI. Blood samples were collected before PCI and 30 min, 2 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after the procedure. A total of 12 h after PCI troponin release was detected in 63% of the patients receiving P and in 40% of the patients receiving T (p < 0.05), after 24 h in 69% (P) and 48% (T) (p < 0.05) and after 48 h in 74% (P) versus 58% (T) (p < 0.08) of the patients. After 24 and 48 hours, the CRP levels of both groups significantly increased, compared with pre-PCI levels (p < 0.01). IL-6 levels of both groups increased significantly compared with pre-PCI levels, with a peak at 12 hours (p < 0.01). After 30 minutes, TNF-alpha levels peaked in both patients given placebo and patients treated with tirofiban. No significant differences in inflammatory response occurred between both groups at any time interval. However, by subgroup analysis, significant differences were revealed in TNF-alpha, IL-6, and CRP levels of patients who were troponin T-positive versus patients who were troponin T-negative after PCI. No differences were observed regarding major bleeding, intracranial bleeding or nonhemorrhagic strokes. After nine months a reduction of combined death/myocardial infarction/target vessel revascularization could be observed in the tirofiban group ([T] 2.3% vs. [P] 13.0%, p < 0.05). KW - Troponin KW - PCI KW - Glykoprotein IIb/IIIa Rezeptorinhibition KW - stabile Angina pectoris KW - KHK KW - troponin KW - PCI KW - glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibition KW - stable angina KW - coronary heart disease Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-21288 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Montellano, Felipe A. A1 - Kluter, Elisabeth J. A1 - Rücker, Viktoria A1 - Ungethüm, Kathrin A1 - Mackenrodt, Daniel A1 - Wiedmann, Silke A1 - Dege, Tassilo A1 - Quilitzsch, Anika A1 - Morbach, Caroline A1 - Frantz, Stefan A1 - Störk, Stefan A1 - Haeusler, Karl Georg A1 - Kleinschnitz, Christoph A1 - Heuschmann, Peter U. T1 - Cardiac dysfunction and high-sensitive C-reactive protein are associated with troponin T elevation in ischemic stroke: insights from the SICFAIL study JF - BMC Neurology N2 - Background Troponin elevation is common in ischemic stroke (IS) patients. The pathomechanisms involved are incompletely understood and comprise coronary and non-coronary causes, e.g. autonomic dysfunction. We investigated determinants of troponin elevation in acute IS patients including markers of autonomic dysfunction, assessed by heart rate variability (HRV) time domain variables. Methods Data were collected within the Stroke Induced Cardiac FAILure (SICFAIL) cohort study. IS patients admitted to the Department of Neurology, Würzburg University Hospital, underwent baseline investigation including cardiac history, physical examination, echocardiography, and blood sampling. Four HRV time domain variables were calculated in patients undergoing electrocardiographic Holter monitoring. Multivariable logistic regression with corresponding odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) was used to investigate the determinants of high-sensitive troponin T (hs-TnT) levels ≥14 ng/L. Results We report results from 543 IS patients recruited between 01/2014–02/2017. Of those, 203 (37%) had hs-TnT ≥14 ng/L, which was independently associated with older age (OR per year 1.05; 95% CI 1.02–1.08), male sex (OR 2.65; 95% CI 1.54–4.58), decreasing estimated glomerular filtration rate (OR per 10 mL/min/1.73 m2 0.71; 95% CI 0.61–0.84), systolic dysfunction (OR 2.79; 95% CI 1.22–6.37), diastolic dysfunction (OR 2.29; 95% CI 1.29–4.02), atrial fibrillation (OR 2.30; 95% CI 1.25–4.23), and increasing levels of C-reactive protein (OR 1.48 per log unit; 95% CI 1.22–1.79). We did not identify an independent association of troponin elevation with the investigated HRV variables. Conclusion Cardiac dysfunction and elevated C-reactive protein, but not a reduced HRV as surrogate of autonomic dysfunction, were associated with increased hs-TnT levels in IS patients independent of established cardiovascular risk factors. KW - echocardiography KW - ischemic stroke KW - troponin KW - heart failure KW - biomarkers Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-300119 VL - 22 IS - 1 ER -