Abstract:
Objective To investigate the diagnostic value and prognosis of Galectin-3 (Galectin-3), soluble growth stimulator expression gene 2 protein (sST2) and growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) in heart failure patients with different ejection fractions.
Methods A total of 120 patients with chronic heart failure were selected. According to the left ventricular ejection fraction, the patients with heart failure were divided into three groups: heart failure group with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF, EF ≥ 50%), heart failure group with intermediate ejection fraction (HFmrEF, 49 ≥ EF ≥ 41), and heart failure group with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF, EF ≤ 40) ( 40 cases each group). Thirty-three healthy patients in our hospital during the same period were selected as the control group. The general clinical data of each group were recorded, and the serum levels of Galectin-3, sST2 and GDF-15 were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). After 6 months of follow-up, the relevant parameters of patients were statistically analyzed.
Results The differences of the ejection fraction, NT-proBNP, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, sST2, Galectin-3, GDF-15 and other aspects between control group and heart failure group were statistically significant (P < 0.01). The ejection fraction decreased successively among the control group, reserved group, intermediate group and reduced group (P < 0.01), and the NT-proBNP, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, sST2, Galectin-3 and GDF-15 increased successively in the control group, reserved heart failure group, intermediate heart failure group and reduced heart failure group (P < 0.01). The results of spearman correlation analysis showed that the sST2, Galectin-3, GDF-15, NT-proBNP and LVDD in the heart failure group were positively correlated with each other (P < 0.01), and the above five indexes were negatively correlated with ejection fraction (P < 0.01). The results of ROC curve of adverse prognostic events showed that the NT-proBNP index of patients in HFrEF group and HFmrEF group had higher AUC value, sensitivity and specificity, and the GDF-15 index of HFpEF patients had higher AUC value, sensitivity and specificity. The results of multivariate COX regression analysis showed that the sST2 (HR = 0.976, 95%CI = 0.956 ~ 0.995), NT-proBNPHR = 1.000, 95%CI = 1.000 ~ 1.001), EF (HR = 1.134, 95%CI) and GDF-15 (HR = 1.004, 95%CI = 1.001-1.008) in different types of chronic heart failure group were the independent predictors of adverse prognostic events in patients with heart failure (P < 0.01 ~ P < 0.05).
Conclusions The sST2, Galectin-3 and GDF-15 in different types of heart failure groups have high predictive value for the occurrence of adverse events in patients with heart failure. Meanwhile, the sST2, GDF-15 and NT-proBNP can be used as independent risk factors to predict and evaluate short-term risk events in patients.