Surrogate markers of gut dysfunction are related to heart failure severity and outcome-from the BIOSTAT-CHF consortium

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BACKGROUND: The contribution of gut dysfunction to heart failure (HF) pathophysiology is not routinely assessed. We sought to investigate whether biomarkers of gut dysfunction would be useful in assessment of HF (eg, severity, adverse outcomes) and risk stratification.

METHODS: A panel of gut-related biomarkers including metabolites of the choline/carnitine- pathway (acetyl-L-carnitine, betaine, choline, γ-butyrobetaine, L-carnitine and trimethylamine-N-oxide [TMAO]) and the gut peptide, Trefoil factor-3 (TFF-3), were investigated in 1,783 patients with worsening HF enrolled in the systems BIOlogy Study to TAilored Treatment in Chronic Heart Failure (BIOSTAT-CHF) cohort and associations with HF severity and outcomes, and use in risk stratification were assessed.

RESULTS: Metabolites of the carnitine-TMAO pathway (acetyl-L-carnitine, γ-butyrobetaine, L-carnitine, and TMAO) and TFF-3 were associated with the composite outcome of HF hospitalization or all-cause mortality at 3 years (hazards ratio [HR] 2.04-2.93 [95% confidence interval {CI} 1.30-4.71] P≤ .002). Combining the carnitine-TMAO metabolites with TFF-3, as a gut dysfunction panel, showed a graded association; a greater number of elevated markers was associated with higher New York Heart Association class (P< .001), higher plasma concentrations of B-type natriuretic peptide (P< .001), and worse outcome (HR 1.90-4.58 [95% CI 1.19-6.74] P≤ 0.008). Addition of gut dysfunction biomarkers to the contemporary BIOSTAT HF risk model also improved prediction for the aforementioned composite outcome (C-statistics P≤ .011, NRI 13.5-21.1 [95% CI 2.7-31.9] P≤ .014).

CONCLUSIONS: A panel of biomarkers of gut dysfunction showed graded association with severity of HF and adverse outcomes. Biomarkers as surrogate markers are potentially useful for assessment of gut dysfunction to HF pathophysiology and in risk stratification.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:248

Enthalten in:

American heart journal - 248(2022) vom: 07. Juni, Seite 108-119

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Israr, Muhammad Zubair [VerfasserIn]
Zhan, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Salzano, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Voors, Adriaan A [VerfasserIn]
Cleland, John G [VerfasserIn]
Anker, Stefan D [VerfasserIn]
Metra, Marco [VerfasserIn]
van Veldhuisen, Dirk J [VerfasserIn]
Lang, Chim C [VerfasserIn]
Zannad, Faiez [VerfasserIn]
Samani, Nilesh J [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Leong L [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Toru [VerfasserIn]
BIOSTAT-CHF investigators (full author list as appendix) [VerfasserIn]

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Acetylcarnitine
Biomarkers
Carnitine
Choline
Journal Article
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Date Completed 03.05.2022

Date Revised 15.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ahj.2022.03.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338091424