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- Title
The Relationship Between Serum Vaspin Levels and the Degree of Coronary Involvement in Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris.
- Authors
Bozacı, İlter; Özkan, Oktay; Özkan, Alev Arat; Koldaş, Macit; Öztürk, Savaş
- Abstract
Aim: Vaspin is an insulin-sensitive adipokine secreted from visceral fat tissue, and belongs to the serine protease inhibitor family. The relationship between vaspin level and coronary artery disease is not known yet. We aimed to investigate the relationship between serum vaspin levels and degree of vessel involvement in coronary angiography in patients with stable angina pectoris. Methods: The patients were chosen from those who had coronary angiography with the diagnosis of stable angina pectoris. Patients with previously diagnosed chronic heart disease, chronic liver disease, renal failure, thyroid dysfunction and any systemic infectious or malignant disease, patients receiving immunosupressive treatment and those who did not give informed consent were excluded from the study. Serum vaspin measurements were performed using an East Biopharm enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) kit using the sandwich ELISA method. For determination of the severity of coronary lesions, the modified Gensini score was used. Results: Eighty-eight patients [34 female (38.6%) and 54 male (91.4%)] were included in the study. Vaspin levels were similar in male (1.17±1.54 ng/L) and female (1.09±1.23 ng/L) patients (p=0.46). There was no correlation between vaspin levels and the number of vessels involved (p=0.75). Vaspin levels were similar in diabetic and nondiabetic patients. Conclusion: Vaspin may not be a sensitive marker of the degree of vascular lesions in patients with stable angina pectoris. The underlying cause is probably lack of significant changes in inflammatory cascade and oxidative stress in the involved group of patients.
- Subjects
HEART disease diagnosis; LIVER disease diagnosis; THYROID disease diagnosis; TUMOR diagnosis; ANGINA pectoris; BIOMARKERS; CORONARY disease; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFECTION; KIDNEY failure; SEVERITY of illness index; ADIPOKINES; CORONARY angiography
- Publication
Medical Bulletin of Haseki / Haseki Tip Bulteni, 2020, Vol 58, Issue 2, p176
- ISSN
1302-0072
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4274/haseki.galenos.2020.5864