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ReviewCardio-oncology (London, England)2025

Impact of advanced lung cancer inflammation index on all-cause mortality among patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis with reconstructed time-to-event data.

Ahmed Mazen Amin, Ramy Ghaly, Hossam Elbenawi, Abdelrahman Ewis, Ubaid Khan, Khaled S M Elshaer, Mohamed Abuelazm, Basel Abdelazeem, Brijesh Patel, Farris K Timimi and 1 more

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Review in Cardio-oncology (London, England), 2025. 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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Ahmed Mazen AminFaculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. ahmedmazenali@std.mans.edu.eg.
Ramy GhalyDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Hossam ElbenawiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Abdelrahman EwisFaculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Ubaid KhanDivision of Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
Khaled S M ElshaerFaculty of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed AbuelazmFaculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Basel AbdelazeemDepartment of Cardiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Brijesh PatelDepartment of Cardiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Farris K TimimiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Islam Y ElgendyDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gill Heart Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

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backgroundHeart failure (HF) is associated with systemic inflammation and hypercatabolic syndrome, impacting body metabolism. The advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) is a novel inflammatory and nutritional biomarker. We aimed to investigate the prognostic role of ALI in patients with HF.

methodsWe comprehensively searched PubMed, WOS, SCOPUS, EMBASE, and CENTRAL through October 2024. We conducted a pair-wise and prognostic systematic review and meta-analysis with a reconstructed time-to-event data meta-analysis. All analyses were performed using R V. 4.3.1. This meta-analysis was registered at PROSPERO (CRD42024535227).

resultsWe included five studies with 2,795 patients. In the pair-wise meta-analysis, ALI ≤ 25 was significantly associated with an increased incidence of all-cause mortality compared with ALI > 25 (risk ratio [RR] 1.73, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.36-2.21, P < 0.01). On the adjusted prognostic meta-analysis, higher ALI was significantly associated with a reduction in the risk of all-cause mortality (hazards ratio [HR] 0.45, 95% CI 0.35-0.58-, P < 0.01). The reconstructed Kaplan Meier showed that ALI > 25 was significantly associated with a 56% reduction in the risk of all-cause mortality compared with ALI ≤ 25 (HR 0.44, 95% CI 0.38-0.50, P < 0.000001).

conclusionAmong patients with HF, a low ALI was associated with a higher incidence of all-cause mortality rate than those with a high ALI. These findings suggest that ALI can be used for prognostic stratification and aid clinical decision-making in HF management.

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