医学
感染性心内膜炎
优势比
内科学
心内膜炎
多元分析
心脏病学
白蛋白
C反应蛋白
胃肠病学
外科
炎症
作者
Şaban Keleşoğlu,Sinan İnci,Murat Gül,Ramazan Ozan,İrem Düzgün,Aydın Tunçay,Halil Aktaş,Deniz Elçik,Nihat Kalay
出处
期刊:Biomarkers in Medicine
[Future Medicine]
日期:2023-07-01
卷期号:17 (14): 613-621
标识
DOI:10.2217/bmm-2023-0414
摘要
Background: The CRP/albumin ratio (CAR), a new inflammatory marker, is associated with adverse outcomes in various cardiovascular diseases. We evaluated the effectiveness of CAR in predicting embolic events in patients diagnosed with infective endocarditis (IE). Methods: A total of 145 patients with IE were included in the study and categorized into two groups according to the presence of embolic events. We retrospectively analyzed the patients' clinical, laboratory and echocardiographic data. Results: CRP (94.2 vs 63.3; p < 0.001) and CAR (25.8 vs 15.1; p < 0.001) values were significantly higher in patients who experienced embolic events. Multivariate analysis showed that a high CAR value (odds ratio: 1.030; 95% CI: 1.000-1.060; p = 0.041) was an independent predictor of embolic events in patients with IE. Conclusion: The CAR is a cheap and easily accessible marker that can predict the development of embolic events in patients diagnosed with IE.
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