211
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Relation of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

, , , &
Pages 460-464 | Received 09 Jan 2016, Accepted 05 Jun 2016, Published online: 27 Jun 2016
 

Abstract

Background: Several observational studies evaluated the associations of baseline N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but the results were contradictory.

Methods: Electronic bibliographic databases were searched from inception to May 2015, and the results reviewed by two independent reviewers. Pooled standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated to assess associations between NT-proBNP levels and new-onset AF in patients with ACS. We performed sensitivity analyses to explore the potential sources of heterogeneity and estimated publication biases.

Results: Six papers, including 5861 patients (438 with AF and 5423 without AF) with ACS were analyzed. Overall, the NT-proBNP levels were higher in patients with new-onset AF than controls without AF. The SMD of the NT-proBNP levels between the patients with and those without AF was 0.53 units (95% CI 0.37–0.70), test for overall effect z-score =6.30 (p < 0.00001). The heterogeneity test showed that there were moderate differences between individual studies (p = 0.02; I2 =62%). Further analysis revealed that differences of ethnic groups and the sample size of studies possibly account for this heterogeneity.

Conclusions: In spite of moderate heterogeneity across the enrolled studies, our meta-analysis suggests that increased NT-proBNP levels are associated with greater risk of new-onset AF with ACS, which indicates that NT-proBNP levels may be a useful biomarker in predicting new-onset AF in patients with ACS.

Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by the National Natural Scientific Foundation of China (No. 81473471), the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (No. 2015M570701) and Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2015A030310437).

Disclosure statement

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

Log in via your institution

Log in to Taylor & Francis Online

PDF download + Online access

  • 48 hours access to article PDF & online version
  • Article PDF can be downloaded
  • Article PDF can be printed
USD 65.00 Add to cart

Issue Purchase

  • 30 days online access to complete issue
  • Article PDFs can be downloaded
  • Article PDFs can be printed
USD 200.00 Add to cart

* Local tax will be added as applicable

Related Research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.