The comparison of cardiac biomarkers positivities in hemodialysis patients without acute coronary syndrome.

AIM: We aimed to compare heart-type fatty acid-binding proteins (H-FAB) and other cardiac biomarkers to determine the most reliable cardiac marker in hemodialysis (HD) patients without acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

Sixty HD patients without ACS were included the study. Blood samples were taken before HD session for measurement of H-FAB, troponin I, troponin T, creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) isoforms.

RESULTS

Mean age of patients was 55 ± 15 years. Males were 55%. Mean serum level of blood urea nitrogen was 75 ± 15 mg/dL, mean serum level of creatinine was 8.3 ± 2.5 mg/dL, mean serum level of hematocrit was 33 ± 5%, mean ejection fraction was 54 ± 9%, and mean left ventricular mass index (LVMI) was 136 ± 54 g/m(2). H-FAB was positive in 32%, troponin T in 20%, troponin I in 12%, and CK-MB in 5% of all patients. Three or four of all parameters were not positive together in any patient. While 5% of patients had positive troponin T with H-FAB, 3% of patients had positive troponin T with troponin I and 2% of patients had positive troponin I with H-FAB.

CONCLUSION

Our study found that CK-MB had the lowest positivity in the HD patients without ACS. H-FAB had the highest rate of positivity in all markers. If only one marker is assessed it should be CK-MB. But using two parameters in HD patients in ACS diagnosis increases the reliability of diagnosis. If we use two biomarkers it should be CK-MB and troponin I.