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. 2017 Jan 26;12(1):e0169979.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169979. eCollection 2017.

Increased Symmetric Dimethylarginine Level Is Associated with Worse Hospital Outcomes through Altered Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Julie Lorin  1 , Jean-Claude Guilland  1 , Karim Stamboul  1   2 , Charles Guenancia  1   2 , Yves Cottin  1   2 , Luc Rochette  1 , Catherine Vergely  1 , Marianne Zeller  1
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Increased Symmetric Dimethylarginine Level Is Associated with Worse Hospital Outcomes through Altered Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Julie Lorin et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Objectives: We aimed to investigate whether SDMA- symmetric dimethylarginine -the symmetrical stereoisomer of ADMA- might be a marker of left ventricular function in AMI.

Background: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) has been implicated in the prognosis after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF).

Methods: Cross sectional prospective study from 487 consecutive patients hospitalized <24 hours after AMI. Patients with HF on admission were excluded. Serum levels of ADMA, SDMA and L-arginine were determined using HPLC. Glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was estimated based on creatinine levels. Outcomes were in-hospital severe HF, as defined by Killip class >2, and death.

Results: Patients were analysed based on SDMA tertiles. Sex, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and prior MI were similar for all tertiles. In contrast, age and hypertension increased across the tertiles (p<0.001). From the first to the last tertile, GRACE risk score was elevated while LVEF and eGFR was reduced. The rate of severe HF and death were gradually increased across the SDMA tertiles (from 0.6% to 7.4%, p = 0.006 and from 0.6% to 5.0%, p = 0.034, respectively). Backward logistic multivariate analysis showed that SDMA was an independent estimate of developing severe HF, even when adjusted for confounding (OR(95%CI): 8.2(3.0-22.5), p<0.001). Further, SDMA was associated with mortality, even after adjustment for GRACE risk score (OR(95%CI): 4.56(1.34-15.52), p = 0.015).

Conclusions: Our study showed for the first time that SDMA is associated with hospital outcomes, through altered LVEF and may have biological activity beyond renal function.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Symmetric dimethylarginine concentrations according to estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (p value for comparison between the tertiles).
Fig 2
Fig 2. Symmetric dimethylarginine concentrations according to Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (p value for comparison between the 2 groups).
Fig 3
Fig 3. Cardiovascular outcomes according to Symmetric dimethylarginine tertiles values (p value for comparison between the tertiles).
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