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ArticlePloS one2021

Acute myocardial injury secondary to severe acute liver failure: A retrospective analysis supported by animal data.

Moritz Uhlig, Marc Hein, Moriz A Habigt, René H Tolba, Till Braunschweig, Marius J Helmedag, Uwe Klinge, Alexander Koch, Christian Trautwein, Mare Mechelinck

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Moritz UhligDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6533-6515
Marc HeinDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Moriz A HabigtDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
René H TolbaInstitute for Laboratory Animal Science and Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Till BraunschweigDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Marius J HelmedagDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Uwe KlingeDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Alexander KochDepartment of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Christian TrautweinDepartment of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Mare MechelinckDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate whether acute liver failure (ALF) leads to secondary acute myocardial injury, 100 ALF patients that were retrospectively identified in a single center based on ICD 10 codes and 8 rats from an experimental study that died early after bile duct ligation (BDL) were examined. Creatine kinase (CK), creatine kinase-MB isoenzyme (CKMB) and cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) were analyzed as markers of myocardial injury. For histological analysis, hematoxylin-eosin (HE), elastic Van Gieson (EVG), CD41 and myeloperoxidase were used to stain rat hearts. Major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) were a critical factor for mortality (p = 0.037) in human ALF. Deceased patients exhibited higher levels of CKMB than survivors (p = 0.023). CKMB was a predictor of mortality in ALF (p = 0.013). Animals that died early after BDL exhibited increased cTnI, CKMB, tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels compared to controls (cTnI: p = 0.011, CKMB: p = 0.008, TNFα: p = 0.003, IL-6: p = 0.006). These animals showed perivascular lesions and wavy fibers, microthrombi and neutrophilic infiltration in the heart. MACEs are decisive for mortality in human ALF, and elevated CKMB values indicate that this might be due to structural myocardial damage. Accordingly, CKMB was found to have predictive value for mortality in ALF. The results are substantiated by data from a rat BDL model demonstrating diffuse myocardial injury.

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AnimalsBile DuctsCreatine Kinase, MB FormElectrocardiographyFemaleHospitalsHumansInflammationLigationLiver Failure, AcuteMaleMiddle AgedMyocardiumRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRetrospective StudiesCreatine Kinase, MB Form

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PMID34460845
PMCPMC8405020
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