USE OF COPEPTIN IN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF (ACS) FOR MALES VS FEMALES IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMEN | ||||
Research Journal of Applied Biotechnology | ||||
Article 4, Volume 2, Special issue (1) for the first International Conference of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, November 2016, Page 29-36 PDF (357.47 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/rjab.2016.59426 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Hossam A. Shahin1; Sabah F. El Abd2; Emad F. Abdel Maksoud3; Wael S. Abdel Mageed2 | ||||
1National Heart Institute, Imbaba, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
2Molecular Biology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), University of Sadat city, Sadat City, Egypt. | ||||
3Laboratory department, National Heart Institute, Imbaba, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
ABSTRACT Difference between men and women in the treatment and outcome of acute coronary syndromes has been demonstrated with increased deaths rates in women. Treatment of ACS must be revised and related to the sex and race of the patient. The aim of this study was to introduce new copeptin cutoff levels in ACS patients depending of gender. Also, to compare copeptin to hs-cTnI, CRP levels to predict time delayed between ACS symptoms onset and admission to ED. Sixty two consecutive patients with ACS presenting to the emergency department of the National Heart Institute, Giza (Egypt) between March and June 2014, were recruited for the study. The present study involved thirty patients with unstable angina (19 male & 11 females), thirty two MI patients (18 males & 14 females) and twenty healthy subjects (10 males &10 females) on admission and after 6 hours. Results revealed significant difference between cardiac levels on admission with higher values in men on admission only for CPP, disappeared after six hours. Only copeptin levels were diagnosing on admission (higher with clear cut off levels either for men or women) compared to that of six hours (decreased and get non-significant differences). Early measurement of the combination of troponin I and copeptin may revolutionize the diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic decision-making in patients with symptoms suggestive of ACS, differentiate between UA or AMI patients on admission. Female patients require reevaluation criteria for treatment and outcome. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
ACS in males vs. females; Copeptin; AMI; UA; cTnI; hsCRP; cardiac markers | ||||
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