Role of H-FABP values in determining the etiologic factors of the cardiac injuries
The Pan African medical journal, cilt.26, ss.36, 2017 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 26
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Doi Numarası: 10.11604/pamj.2017.26.36.8746
- Dergi Adı: The Pan African medical journal
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.36
- Anahtar Kelimeler: cardiac injury, H-FABP, thoracic trauma
- İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet
Özet
INTRODUCTION: Cardiac injury resulting from blunt thoracic trauma is a frequent clinical occurrence which is difficult to diagnose. Our purpose in this study was to research whether H-FABP, which is a new marker for the diagnosis of cardiac injury, can be used in this patient group. METHODS: 50 patients with blunt thoracic injury who were admitted to our emergency service within a period of 8 months and 50 cases as controls were included in our study. RESULTS: Of the 50 patients with blunt thoracic injury in our study, 88% were male while 12% were female. The average age of the patients was 43 ± 15.15. While 27 (54%) of the 50 patients with blunt thoracic injury had cardiac injury, 23 (46%) did not have cardiac injury. The results of the statistical analyses showed a significant association between thorax trauma and cTnI, CPK, CPKMB and H-FABP (p<0.05). While there was a significant association between cardiac injury resulting from thoracic trauma and cTnI, ECG and TTE (p<0.05), there was no significant association between CPK, CPKMB and H-FABP (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: In thoracic traumas, cardiac injury diagnosis can be made as a result of the assessment with Troponin-I, ECG and ECHO. For cardiac injury diagnosis, wide scale prospective studies are needed for H-FABP use.