Abstract:
AIM To investigate the expressions and clinical value of miR-499 and IL-21 in the serum of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy complicated with atrial fibrillation.
METHODS 79 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy admitted to Huai'an First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2018 to January 2023 were selected, including 31 patients with concomitant atrial fibrillation and 48 patients without atrial fibrillation. The left atrial diameter of the two groups of patients was analyzed and compared; RT-PCR and ELISA were used to analyze the peripheral expression levels of miR-499, IL-21, and serum fibrosis factors type III procollagen amino terminal peptide (PIIINP), matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). Pearson analysis was used to examine the correlation between IL-21 and miR-499, and logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors for atrial fibrillation.
RESULTS Compared with the non atrial fibrillation group, the atrial fibrillation group had older age (P<0.01), longer disease course (P<0.05), higher proportion of pulmonary artery pressure (P<0.01), lower left ventricular ejection fraction (P<0.05), increased left ventricular end systolic diameter (P<0.01), increased left atrial anterior posterior diameter (P<0.05), and higher uric acid value (P<0.01). The peripheral blood levels of miR-499 (P<0.05), IL-21 (P<0.01), PIIINP (P<0.05), MMP-2 (P<0.01), and their levels in patients with concomitant atrial fibrillation were higher than those in the non atrial fibrillation group. Pearson correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between IL-21 and left atrial diameter, PIIINP, MMP-2, and miR-499 (all P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age, course of disease, serum triglycerides, uric acid value, left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular end systolic diameter, left atrial diameter, and pulmonary hypertension were independent risk factors for the occurrence of dilated heart disease with atrial fibrillation.
CONCLUSION The abnormal expression of immune factor IL-21 and serum miR-499 is closely related to left atrial fibrosis in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy complicated with atrial fibrillation. Age and other seven indicators are independent risk factors for the occurrence of dilated cardiomyopathy complicated with atrial fibrillation.