Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/7316
Title: Procalcitonin: a Marker of Heart Failure
Authors: Canbay, Alper
Çelebi, Özlem Özcan
Çelebi, Savaş
Aydoğdu, Sinan
Diker, Erdem
Keywords: Biomarker
heart failure
heart decompensation
procalcitonin
sensitivity and specificity
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Abstract: Objective Serum procalcitonin levels are associated with congestive heart failure, but are not established biomarkers of the disease. We evaluated the predictive value of serum procalcitonin levels for diagnosing heart failure and assessing its severity. Methods and results This retrospective, case-control study involved 59 subjects (mean age 59.7 +/- 10.1 years; 38 males), including 21 outpatients and 19 inpatients with heart failure and left ventricular ejection fractions <45%, and 19 healthy controls. Serum procalcitonin levels were measured and compared among the 3 groups. Procalcitonin levels were significantly higher among inpatients (median [interquartile range], 1.45 [0.25-5.80] ng/mL) than among the outpatients (0.35 [0.001-1.70] ng/mL; P< 0.001) or controls (0.05 [0.02-0.08] ng/mL; P< 0.001). Using a procalcitonin cut-off level of 0.09 ng/mL, 35(87.5%) of the 40 inpatients and outpatients were procalcitonin-positive; all control individuals were procalcitonin-negative. Serum procalcitonin levels differentiated between heart failure patients and healthy controls (sensitivity, 88.9% [95% confidence interval, 75.9-96.2%]; specificity, 100% [82.2-100.0%]; positive predictive value, 100% [91.1-100.0%]; negative predictive value, 79.2% [57.8-92.8%]). Procalcitonin levels were > 0.53 ng/mL in 4/21 (19%) outpatients and in 16/19(84.2%) inpatients.The sensitivity and specificity of serum procalcitonin levels for differentiating between inpatients and outpatients were 84.2% and 81.0%, respectively (positive predictive value 80% [95% confidence interval, 67.6-92.4%] and 85.0% [73.9-96.1%], respectively). Conclusion Serum procalcitonin levels, showing high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing and assessing the severity of heart failure in this small study, might be considered potential heart failure biomarkers.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1080/AC.70.4.3096896
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/7316
ISSN: 0001-5385
1784-973X
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