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Association of mitral annulus calcification with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, which is a marker of inflammation

Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu et al. Mediators Inflamm. 2012.

Abstract

Objectives: There are limited clinical data revealing the relationship between mitral annular calcification (MAC) and systemic inflammation. The goal of the present study was to compare high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels in patients with and without MAC and investigate the relationship between MAC and hs-CRP.

Methods: One hundred patients with MAC who underwent transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and 100 age-matched controls without MAC who underwent TTE were included in our study. Hs-CRP levels were compared between groups.

Results: Prevalence of female gender, hypertension, and coronary artery disease were significantly higher in the MAC group than in the control group (64% versus 45%, P = 0.007, 42% versus 28%, P = 0.03 and 37% versus 18%, P = 0.003, resp.). On multivariate analysis, age, gender, and coronary artery disease were the only independent predictors of MAC. The levels of hs-CRP were higher in the MAC group than in the control group (2.02 ± 0.35 versus 1.43 ± 0.47 mg/dl, P < 0.001). This increase in hs-CRP levels in the MAC group persisted in patients without hypertension, coronary artery disease, and in male patients when compared to the control group.

Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that hs-CRP, which is a sensitive marker of systemic inflammation, increased in patients with MAC.

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