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Research Article

Elevated endocan concentration is associated with coronary slow flow

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Pages 345-348 | Received 20 Aug 2015, Accepted 10 Apr 2016, Published online: 16 May 2016
 

Abstract

We sought to assess whether serum endocan concentration is correlated with coronary slow flow (CSF). We measured serum endocan concentration in 93 patients with CSF and in 206 controls. Serum endocan concentration was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The presence of CSF was assessed by thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame count (TFC) method. We demonstrated that serum endocan concentration is significantly higher in CSF patients (n = 93) than that in controls (n = 206) (1.03 [range 0.63–1.33] vs. 0.80 [range 0.52–1.09] ng/mL, p = 0.002). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that serum endocan concentration was independently associated with the presence of CSF (odds ratio 1.774, 95% confidence interval 1.064–2.958; p = 0.028). Serum endocan concentration was positively correlated with mean-TFC in CSF patients (r = 0.289, p = 0.005). These results revealed that endocan might be a useful biomarker for predicting the presence and severity of CSF. Therapeutic interventions by down-regulating endocan to delay the progressive process of CSF warrants further investigations.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Funding information

This work is supported by Fujian Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars (2013J05114).

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