Abstract:
Objective To investigate the relationship between serum microRNA-139-3p (miR-139-3p) level and the prognosis of elderly patients with chronic heart failure.
Methods A total of 162 elderly patients with chronic heart failure were selected as the observation group.According to NYHA cardiac function classification, the patients were divided into 67 cases of grade Ⅱ, 53 cases of grade Ⅲ and 42 cases of grade Ⅳ.According to whether a cardiac event occurred, the patients were divided into 44 cases of cardiac event group and 118 cases of non-cardiac event group.During the same period, 157 subjects of physical examination were selected as the control group.The expression level of serum miR-139-3p, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDD), serum B-type brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level, and serum troponin Ⅰ (cTnⅠ) level were detected.Pearson method was used to analyze the correlation between serum miR-139-3p level and cardiac function indexes in elderly patients with chronic heart failure.ROC curve was used to analyze serum miR-139-3p level in predicting prognosis of elderly patients with chronic heart failure.
Results Compared with the control group, the observation group had higher proportions of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, levels of miR-139-3p, LVEDD, BNP cTnI, TG, TC, LDL-C, and lower LVEF level (P < 0.01).The serum miR-139-3p level in elderly patients with chronic heart failure was positively correlated with LVEDD, BNP and cTnI (r=0.504, 0.498, 0.492, P < 0.01), and negatively correlated with LVEF (r=-0.519, P < 0.01).The level of serum miR-139-3p in elderly patients with chronic heart failure with heart function grade Ⅱ, grade Ⅲ and grade Ⅳ increased in turn (P < 0.01).Compared with the non-cardiac event group, the miR-139-3p level, age, hypertension ratio, LVEDD, BNP and cTnI in the cardiac event group was higher, LVEF was lower (P < 0.01).The AUC of serum miR-139-3p in predicting cardiac events in elderly patients with chronic heart failure was 0.849(95%CI: 0.788-0.910), the cutoff value was 2.98, the sensitivity was 81.8%, and the specificity was 76.3%.
Conclusions The detection of serum miR-139-3p level can provide evidence for the treatment and prognosis of elderly patients with chronic heart failure.