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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Oct 2014
Multicenter Study Observational StudyElevated Levels of Angiopoietin-2 as a Biomarker for Respiratory Failure After Cardiac Surgery.
- Tokujiro Uchida, Hiroyuki Ito, Hiroto Yamamoto, Nagara Ohno, Miho Asahara, Yoshitsugu Yamada, Osamu Yamaguchi, Makoto Tomita, and Koshi Makita.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: uchida.mane@tmd.ac.jp.
- J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. 2014 Oct 1;28(5):1293-301.
ObjectivesAngiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 are important factors in regulating endothelial vascular permeability. This study evaluated perioperative changes in serum levels of angiopoietin-1 and -2 in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.DesignMeasurement of serum levels of angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 in samples collected during a previously conducted prospective, multicenter, observational study.SettingThree university hospitals.ParticipantsEighty-four adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery.InterventionSerum levels of angiopoietins were measured at baseline, immediately after surgery, and the day after surgery (POD-1).Measurements And Main ResultsSerum levels of angiopoietin-2 were elevated by POD-1 (median 3.3 ng/mL, interquartile range [IQR] 2.5-4.6 ng/mL) compared with baseline (median 1.6 ng/mL, IQR 1.3-2.1 ng/mL, p < 0.0001), and angiopoietin-1 levels were decreased immediately after surgery (baseline median 23.2 ng/mL, IQR 10.2-32.8 ng/mL; postoperative median 8.0 ng/mL, IQR 1.5-13.2 ng/mL, p<0.0001). Angiopoietin-2 levels on POD-1 in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting were significantly lower than those in patients undergoing aortic surgery (p = 0.0009) and valve surgery (p = 0.008). Angiopoietin-2 levels on POD-1 had a predictive performance of the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic curve 0.74 for mechanical ventilation>3 days. Angiopoietin-1 levels and the angiopoietin-2/angiopoietin-1 ratio showed lower predictive performance (AUC values 0.58 and 0.68, respectively).ConclusionsAngiopoietin-2 serum levels were elevated after cardiac surgery. Elevated angiopoietin-2 had a good predictive performance for respiratory failure after cardiac surgery, perhaps reflecting the severity of lung dysfunction related to postoperative increases in vascular permeability.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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