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Osteoprotegerin and myocardial fibrosis in patients with aortic stenosis
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Author(s)
Loudon, Brodie
Ntatsaki, Eleana
Newsome, Simon
Halliday, BP
Lota, Amrit
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Left ventricular myocardial fibrosis in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) confers worse prognosis. Plasma osteoprotegerin (OPG), a cytokine from the TNF receptor family, correlates with the degree of valve calcification in AS, reflecting the activity of the tissue RANKL/RANK/OPG (receptor activator of nuclear factor κΒ ligand/RANK/osteoprotegerin) axis, and is associated with poorer outcomes in AS. Its association with myocardial fibrosis is unknown. We hypothesised that OPG levels would reflect the extent of myocardial fibrosis in AS. We included 110 consecutive patients with AS who had undergone late-gadolinium contrast enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance (LGE-CMR). Patients were characterised according to pattern of fibrosis (no fibrosis, midwall fibrosis, or chronic myocardial infarction fibrosis). Serum OPG was measured with ELISA and compared between groups defined by valve stenosis severity. Some 36 patients had no fibrosis, 38 had midwall fibrosis, and 36 had chronic infarction. Patients with midwall fibrosis did not have higher levels of OPG compared to those without fibrosis (6.78 vs. 5.25 pmol/L, p = 0.12). There was no difference between those with midwall or chronic myocardial infarction fibrosis (6.78 vs. 6.97 pmol/L, p = 0.27). However, OPG levels in patients with chronic myocardial infarction fibrosis were significantly higher than those without fibrosis (p = 0.005).
Date Issued
2018-09-28
Date Acceptance
2018-09-09
Citation
Scientific Reports, 2018, 8
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/64535
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32738-y
ISSN
2045-2322
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Journal / Book Title
Scientific Reports
Volume
8
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© 2018 The Author(s). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Sponsor
British Heart Foundation
Grant Number
FS/15/29/31492
Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE
TUMOR-NECROSIS-FACTOR
HEART-FAILURE
VALVE DISEASE
VASCULAR CALCIFICATION
REGULATORY PROTEINS
MIDWALL FIBROSIS
PROGNOSTIC VALUE
MORTALITY
OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 14550
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