The Relationship Between Procalcitonin Levels and Coronary Slow Flow.

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 1528 - 1539, 15.08.2019

Ramazan Asoğlu , Hakan Kaya , Emin Asoğlu Abdülmecid Afşin , Arif Süner

https://doi.org/10.30569/adiyamansaglik.568678

Abstract

Objective:
Coronary slow flow phenomenon is associated with angina pectoris and acute
coronary syndromes. Procalcitonin levels are correlated with the extent of
atherosclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease. We aimed to evaluate
the relationship between procalcitonin and coronary slow flow phenomenon.

Material
and Method: The present study included 50 patients with coronary
slow flow and 42 healthy subjects. The coronary slow flow phenomenon is defined
as delayed coronary opacification in the absence of obstructive coronary artery
disease. Coronary slow flow is evaluated with Thrombolysis in Myocardial
Infarction frame count method. The Procalcitonin was calculated from the blood
to analyze.

Results:
The C-reactive protein was significantly higher in the coronary slow flow group
than the control group. There was a positive and significant correlation
between the Mean Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction frame count and CRP
levels. There were no correlations between the C-reactive protein and
procalcitonin levels (r= -0.134, p= 0.204).

Conclusion:
Serum procalcitonin level was not associated with coronary slow flow. We have
shown the relationship between serum C-reactive protein and coronary slow flow.

Keywords

coronary slow flow, procalcitonin, CRP

Prokalsitonin Düzeyleri ile Koroner Yavaş Akım Arasındaki İlişki.

Abstract

Amaç:
Koroner yavaş akım fenomeni anjina pektoris ve akut koroner sendrom ile
ilişkilidir. Prokalsitonin seviyeleri koroner arter hastalığı olan hastalarda
aterosklerozun yaygınlığı ile ilişkilidir. Bu çalışmada prokalsitonin ve
koroner yavaş akım fenomeni arasındaki ilişkinin değerlendirilmesi amaçladık.

Yöntem:
Çalışmaya koroner yavaş akımı olan 50 hasta ve 42 sağlıklı birey alındı.
Koroner yavaş akım fenomeni, obstrüktif koroner arter hastalığı yokluğunda
gecikmiş koroner opasifikasyon olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Koroner yavaş akım, Tromboliz
Miyokard İnfarktüsü frame sayma yöntemi ile değerlendirildi. Prokalsitonin değerleri
kandan analiz edildi.

Bulgular:
C-reaktif protein koroner yavaş akım grubunda kontrol grubundan anlamlı
derecede yüksekti. Ortalama Tromboliz Miyokard İnfarktüsü frame sayıs ile CRP
düzeyleri arasında pozitif ve anlamlı bir korelasyon vardı. C-reaktif protein
ve prokalsitonin düzeyleri arasında korelasyon yoktu (r = -0.134, p = 0.204).

Sonuç:
Serum prokalsitonin düzeyi koroner yavaş akım ile ilişkili değildi. Bu
çalışmada serum C-reaktif protein ve koroner yavaş akım arasındaki
ilişkiyi gösterdik.

Keywords

koroner yavaş akım, prokalsitonin, CRP

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