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Diagnostic performance of mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin as an analyte for the exclusion of left ventricular dysfunction.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17698224     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIMS: In ambulatory patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM) for the detection or exclusion of impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). METHODS AND RESULTS: MR-proADM levels were measured in blood samples taken from 102 outpatients with CAD classified according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) and Canadian Cardiovascular society (CCS) I-II. Increased levels of MR-proADM correlated with impaired LVEF (r=-0.21, p=0.046). The optimal threshold of MR-proADM for identification of impaired LVEF <50% was 0.54 nmol/L with an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.64 (p=0.06). In univariate and multivariate calculation, MR-proADM >0.54 nmol/L remained associated with left ventricular dysfunction even after adjusting for age and gender. The negative predictive value (NPV) for MR-proADM <or=0.54 nmol/L was 88%, the specificity was 66%. CONCLUSIONS: We showed that MR-proADM is related to impaired LVEF. With an NPV of 88% MR-proADM might be a supportive tool to exclude negatively tested outpatients with CAD from further LVEF-diagnosis with moderate reliability.
Authors:
Elif Elmas; Siegfried Lang; Carl Erik Dempfle; Thorsten Kälsch; Jana Papassotiriou; Nils G Morgenthaler; Martin Borggrefe; Martina Brueckmann
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Letter     Date:  2007-08-14
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of cardiology     Volume:  128     ISSN:  1874-1754     ISO Abbreviation:  Int. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  2008 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-07-08     Completed Date:  2008-09-04     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8200291     Medline TA:  Int J Cardiol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  107-11     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adrenomedullin / blood*
Area Under Curve
Biological Markers / blood
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Protein Precursors / blood*
ROC Curve
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Biological Markers; 0/Protein Precursors; 0/proadrenomedullin; 148498-78-6/Adrenomedullin

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