Study on the expression of plasma H2 relaxin level in patients with chronic heart failure
1.Department of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015; 2.Department of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027; 3.Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Central Hospital of Wenzhou, Wenzhou, 325000
ZHU Yanyan1,PAN Jialin2,CHEN Lingzhi3, et al. Study on the expression of plasma H2 relaxin level in patients with chronic heart failure[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2015, 45(1): 22-.
Abstract:Objective: To explore the expression of endogenous H2 relaxin hormone in chronic heart failure patients, and the relations with NYHA classification, to study its effect on the prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure prediction. Methods: One hundred and forty patients were selected for reseach from July 2012 to September 2012, in the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 109 cases for chronic heart failure group and 31 cases for control group. In the early morning of the first day after admission, patients in each group were exsanguinated in supine, resting status for some venous blood to detect, LDL-cholesterol, hemoglobin, fasting blood glucose, creatinine clearance rate, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and so on. ELISA was performed to analyze the plasma concentration of H2RLX, collagen I. In addition, echocardiography inspection was given to estimate left ventricular ejection fraction. Results: ①Plasma H2RLX level of chronic heart failure patients [0.604 (0.419-0.743)] pg/mL was significantly higher than that of control group [0.390 (0.355-0.425)] pg/mL. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). ②The tendency as classification of NYHA showed that the plasma level of H2RLX and collagen I both increased in all of heart failure (HF) patients as aggravation of cardiac dysfunction. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). ③Plasma level of H2RLX and type I collagen showed significant correlation, there was statistically significant (r=0.889, P<0.001). ④H2RLX levels in chronic heart failure patients could predict the cardiovascular event in one hundred and eighty days. Conclusion: The H2RLX levels elevate in patients with chronic heart failure, which may involve in ventricular fibrosis; H2RLX may help to make preliminary estimation of the severity of chronic heart failure and H2RLX plasma levels may predict the prognosis of cardiovascular events.
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